Belenois calypso

Belenois calypso
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Belenois
Species: B. calypso
Binomial name
Belenois calypso
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio calypso Drury, 1773
  • Papilio fulvoacuminatus Goeze, 1779
  • Papilio nigronotatus Goeze, 1779
  • Papilio nigropictus Goeze, 1779
  • Belenois calypso f. lypsoca Berger, 1939
  • Belenois calypso calypso f. cretacea Talbot, 1943
  • Belenois dentigera Butler, 1888
  • Pieris subeida var. schweinfurthi Schultze, 1914
  • Pieris calypso var. costimacula Gaede, 1916
  • Pieris calypso calypso ab. flavida Hulstaert, 1924
  • Pieris calypso calypso ab. pulchricolor Hulstaert, 1924
  • Anapheis calypso dentigera f. tshangerensis Dufrane, 1948
  • Belenois calypso dentigera f. aurea Berger, 1981
  • Belenois calypso minor f. butyrosa Talbot, 1943
  • Belenois calypso f. nausicaa Stoneham, 1957
  • Belenois calypso f. helena Stoneham, 1957
  • Belenois calypso f. alcestis Stoneham, 1957
  • Belenois calypso f. alcimede Stoneham, 1957
  • Belenois calypso f. alcippe Stoneham, 1957

Belenois calypso, the Calypso White or Calypso Caper White, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests. The species occasionally migrates.

The larvae feed on Semirestis paniculata, Maerua, Cadaba, Capparis and Ritchiea species.

Subspecies

References

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