Biology:Belenois larima

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Belenois larima
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Belenois
Species:
B. larima
Binomial name
Belenois larima
(Boisduval, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris larima Boisduval, 1836
  • Dixeia larima

Belenois larima is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal.[2]

Taxonomy

This species is of doubtful status. Aurivillius treated it as a west African race of Belenois thysa in 1898, but treated it as distinct in 1910. Larsen regarded it to possibly be a natural hybrid and suggested that it should be treated as a nomen dubium in 2005.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3214340 entry