Biology:Belenois sudanensis

Short description: Species of butterfly

Sudan caper white
Male (ventral) fromx Mabira Forest, Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Belenois
Species:	B. sudanensis
Binomial name
Belenois sudanensis (Talbot, 1929)
Synonyms
Pieris calypso sudanensis Talbot, 1929 Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera f. bicolor Berger, 1981 Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera f. unicolor Berger, 1981

Belenois sudanensis, the Sudan caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Cameroon, Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum species.

Subspecies

• Belenois sudanensis sudanensis (southern Sudan, western Kenya)
• Belenois sudanensis katalensis Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern and central Uganda)
• Belenois sudanensis mayumbana Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera Berger, 1981 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania)

External links

• Images representing Belenois sudanensis at BOLD

Wikidata ☰ Q2634057 entry