Belenois

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Pierini
Subtribus: Aporiina
Genus: Belenois
Species: B. albomaculatus – B. aldabrensis – B. anomala – B. antsianaka – B. aurota – B. calypso – B. crawshayi – B. creona – B. diminuta – B. gidica – B. grandidieri – B. hedyle – B. helcida – B. java – B. larima – B. mabella – B. margaritacea – B. raffrayi – B. rubrosignata – B. solilucis – B. subeida – B. sudanensis – B. theora – B. thysa – B. victoria – B. welwitschii – B. zochalia

Name

Belenois Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Papilio calypso Drury, 1773
References
Primary references
Additional references

Bouyer, T. 2019a. Description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce de Belenois sudanensis Talbot, 1929 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae, Pierinae). Etude sur les Pieridae : note n° 4. Entomologia africana 24(2): 07–13. Reference page.

Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Veldwitjies
English: Pioneer; Caper White
中文: 貝粉蝶屬

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

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References

Belenois, Site of Markku Savela