Belenois crawshayi
Species of butterfly
Crawshay's white | |
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Belenois crawshayi, figure 3 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Belenois |
Species: | B. crawshayi |
Binomial name | |
Belenois crawshayi Butler, 1894[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Belenois crawshayi, Crawshay's white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of woodland and forest margins.
The larvae feed on Capparis species.
References
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External links
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 13
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