Biology:Belenois raffrayi

Short description: Species of butterfly

Raffray's white
Belenois raffrayi extendens - Budongo Forest - Uganda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Belenois
Species:	B. raffrayi
Binomial name
Belenois raffrayi (Oberthür, 1878)
Synonyms
Pieris raffrayi Oberthür, 1878 Pieris raffrayi extendens Joicey & Talbot, 1927 Anapheis raffrayi ab. intermedia Dufrane, 1945 Anapheis raffrayi extendens f. extrema Dufrane, 1948

Belenois raffrayi, or Raffray's white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The habitat consists of montane forests and open grassland.

The larvae feed on Capparis and Rhus species.

Subspecies

• B. r. raffrayi (southern Ethiopia, southern Sudan)
• B. r. extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) (Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Tanzania)
• B. r. similis Kielland, 1978 (Tanzania)

External links

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2483805 entry