Biology:Belenois rubrosignata

Short description: Species of butterfly

Red-edged white
Figure 1 (dry-season male), figure 2 (wet-season male)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Belenois
Species:	B. rubrosignata
Binomial name
Belenois rubrosignata (Weymer, 1901)
Synonyms
Pieris theora var. rubrosignata Weymer, 1901 Belenois picta Neave, 1910 Pieris rubrosignata f. overlaeti Hulstaert, 1924 Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata f. albinescens Talbot, 1943 Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata f. caesia Talbot, 1943 Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata f. aurantia Talbot, 1943 Belenois peeli Dixey, 1900

Belenois rubrosignata, the red-edged white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Somalia. The habitat consists of dense woodland.

The larvae feed on Ritchiea species.

Subspecies

• Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Zambia)
• Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Talbot, 1943 (Malawi, Tanzania, southern Uganda)
• Belenois rubrosignata peeli Dixey, 1900 (Somalia, Kenya)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2191904 entry