Belenois creona

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: Belenois creona
Name

Belenois creona (Cramer, 1776)
Vernacular names
English: African Common White; African Caper

Belenois creona, the African common white or African caper, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

Description
B. c. severina, Tanzania

The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The sexes are dimorphic.
Males

Uppersides are white with black or brown marginal borders and veins in forewing apex. A black spot exists in the upperside cell instead of a bar as in the brown-veined white (B. aurota).
Females

Females have broader dark upperside borders on both wings. Underwings are yellow during the wet season.[1]
Ecology

The larvae feed on Capparis and Maerua species.
Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[2]

B. c. creona (Senegal to Nigeria, Sudan, east Ethiopia)
B. c. benadirensis (in Somalia)
B. c. boguensis Ethiopia
B. c. elisa (on the Comoros)
B. c. leucogyne (on the Arabian Peninsula)
B. c. prorsus (on Madagascar)
B. c. severina (South Africa to east Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belenois creona.

Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Belenois at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms