Biology:Belenois hedyle

Short description: Species of butterfly

Western yellow caper white
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Belenois
Species:	B. hedyle
Binomial name
Belenois hedyle (Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
Papilio hedyle Cramer, 1777 Papilio sordidiflavicans Goeze, 1779 Pieris ianthe Doubleday, 1842 Belenois ianthe f. albunea Talbot, 1943 Belenois ianthe f. albicans Talbot, 1943 Belenois ianthe f. arenosa Talbot, 1943 Belenois ianthe f. popularis Talbot, 1943 Belenois ianthe f. asseris Talbot, 1943 Pieris rhena Doubleday, 1846 Belenois hedyle f. fumosa Talbot, 1943

Belenois hedyle, the western yellow caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and western Nigeria. The habitat consists of edges of dry forests.

Subspecies

• Belenois hedyle hedyle (eastern Ghana, Togo, Benin, western Nigeria)
• Belenois hedyle ianthe (Doubleday, 1842) (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone)
• Belenois hedyle rhena (Doubleday, 1846) (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, western Ghana)

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 14

Wikidata ☰ Q2678683 entry