Belenois, commonly called the caper whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found in mainly in Africa and south-west Asia.
Species
Subgenus Anaphaeis Hübner, 1819: Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) – brown-veined white, African caper white, or pioneer white Belenois creona (Cramer, 1776) – African common white or African caper Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819) – African veined white or pointed caper
Species group pseudohuphina: Belenois margaritacea Sharpe, 1891 – Margarita's caper white Belenois raffrayi (Oberthür, 1878) – Raffray's white
Group Incertae sedis: Belenois albomaculatus (Goeze, 1779) Belenois aldabrensis (Holland, 1896) Belenois anomala (Butler, 1881) Belenois antsianaka (Ward, 1870) Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773) – Calypso caper white Belenois crawshayi Butler, 1894 – Crawshay's caper white Belenois diminuta Butler, 1894 Belenois grandidieri (Mabille, 1878) Belenois hedyle (Cramer, 1777) Belenois helcida (Boisduval, 1833) Belenois java (Linnaeus, 1768) – caper white Belenois larima (Boisduval, 1836) Belenois mabella Grose-Smith, 1891 Belenois ogygia (Trimen, 1883) Belenois rubrosignata (Weymer, 1901) – red-edged white Belenois solilucis Butler, 1874 Belenois subeida (C. & R. Felder, 1865) Belenois sudanensis (Talbot, 1929) – Sudan caper white Belenois theora (Doubleday, 1846) Belenois theuszi Dewitz, 1889 Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855) – false dotted border Belenois victoria (Dixey, 1915) – Victoria white Belenois welwitschii Rogenhofer, 1890 Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836) – forest white or forest caper white
Belenois, Site of Markku Savela
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