Belenois zochalia
Species of butterfly
Belenois zochalia | |
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Male B. z. zochalia from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Female B. z. zochalia from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Belenois |
Species: | B. zochalia |
Binomial name | |
Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Belenois zochalia, the forest white or forest caper white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Africa.
The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing year-round in warm areas.[2]
The larvae feed on Capparis species, Maerua cafra and Maerua racemulosa.
Subspecies
- B. z. zochalia (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
- B. z. agrippinides (Holland, 1896) (Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda)
- B. z. connexiva (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) (highlands of Cameroon)
- B. z. galla (Ungemach, 1932) (Ethiopia)
- B. z. camerounica Bernardi, 1966 (Nigeria to Cameroon)
References
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- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12
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