Belenois sudanensis

Belenois sudanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Belenois
Species: B. sudanensis
Binomial name
Belenois sudanensis
(Talbot, 1929)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris calypso sudanensis Talbot, 1929
  • Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera f. bicolor Berger, 1981
  • Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera f. unicolor Berger, 1981

Belenois sudanensis, the Sudan White, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Cameroon, Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum species.

Subspecies

References

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