Belenois calypso

Belenois calypso, the Calypso white or Calypso caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests. The species occasionally migrates.

Belenois calypso
male B. c. calypso, Ghana
female B. c. calypso, Gambia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Belenois
Species:
B. calypso
Binomial name
Belenois calypso
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • 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

The larvae feed on Semirestis paniculata, Maerua, Cadaba, Capparis and Ritchiea species.

Subspecies
  • B. c. calypso (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau. Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
  • B. c. dentigera Butler, 1888 (Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Angola)
  • B. c. marlieri Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • B. c. minor Talbot, 1943 (Uganda, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley), north-western Tanzania)

References
  1. Belenois, Site of Markku Savela
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-07.


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