Belenois crawshayi

Crawshay's white

Belenois crawshayi, figure 3
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Belenois
Species:	B. crawshayi
Binomial name
*Belenois crawshayi* Butler, 1894^[1]
Synonyms
Pieris continentalis Heyn, 1904 Belenois crawshayi f. lata Neave, 1910 Pieris crawshayi ab. pygmaeana Strand, 1911 Belenois zochalia crawshayi f. sagittata Talbot, 1943 Belenois zochalia crawshayi f. flavistriga Talbot, 1943 Anapheis crawshayi lata f. obscura Dufrane, 1948 Anapheis crawshayi lata f. decipiens Dufrane, 1948 Anapheis crawshayi lata f. juncta Dufrane, 1948 Anapheis crawshayi lata f. immaculata Dufrane, 1948

Belenois crawshayi, the Crawshay's white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of woodland and forest margins.

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

References

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