| Belenois calypso |
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| Scientific classification |
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| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Pieridae |
| Genus: |
Belenois |
| Species: |
B. calypso |
| Binomial name |
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Belenois calypso
(Drury, 1773)[1] |
| Synonyms |
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- Papilio calypso Drury, 1773
- Papilio fulvoacuminatus Goeze, 1779
- Papilio nigronotatus Goeze, 1779
- Papilio nigropictus Goeze, 1779
- Belenois calypso f. lypsoca Berger, 1939
- Belenois calypso calypso f. cretacea Talbot, 1943
- Belenois dentigera Butler, 1888
- Pieris subeida var. schweinfurthi Schultze, 1914
- Pieris calypso var. costimacula Gaede, 1916
- Pieris calypso calypso ab. flavida Hulstaert, 1924
- Pieris calypso calypso ab. pulchricolor Hulstaert, 1924
- Anapheis calypso dentigera f. tshangerensis Dufrane, 1948
- Belenois calypso dentigera f. aurea Berger, 1981
- Belenois calypso minor f. butyrosa Talbot, 1943
- Belenois calypso f. nausicaa Stoneham, 1957
- Belenois calypso f. helena Stoneham, 1957
- Belenois calypso f. alcestis Stoneham, 1957
- Belenois calypso f. alcimede Stoneham, 1957
- Belenois calypso f. alcippe Stoneham, 1957
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Belenois calypso, the Calypso White or Calypso Caper White, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests. The species occasionally migrates.
The larvae feed on Semirestis paniculata, Maerua, Cadaba, Capparis and Ritchiea species.
