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Belenois gidica

Belenois gidica, the African veined white or pointed caper, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.[1]

Belenois gidica
Male B. g. abyssinica on Distephanus angulifolius flowers
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Belenois
Species:
B. gidica
Binomial name
Belenois gidica
(Godart, [1819])
Synonyms
  • Pieris gidica Godart, 1819
  • Belenois occidentis Butler, 1898
  • Pieris gidica f. tschadica Aurivillius, 1910
  • Pieris gidica var. sulphurea Gaede, 1916
  • Pieris gidica f. masculina Hulstaert, 1924
  • Anapheis gidica gidica f. albata Talbot, 1929
  • Anapheis gidica gidica f. arida Talbot, 1929
  • Pieris abyssinica Lucas, 1852
  • Pinacopteryx doubledayi Wallengren, 1857
  • Pinacopteryx westwoodi Wallengren, 1857
  • Pieris allica Oberthür, 1878
  • Pieris gidica var. westwoodi ab. simplex Rebel, 1914
  • Pieris gidica var. pallida Gaede, 1916
  • Pieris gidica abyssinica f. texturata Ungemach, 1932
  • Pieris gidica abyssinica f. crassilinea Ungemach, 1932
  • Anapheis gidica westwoodi f. nigrescens Talbot, 1943
  • Anapheis gidica westwoodi f. nigrifusa Talbot, 1943
  • Anapheis gidica westwoodi f. masformis Talbot, 1943
  • Anapheis gidica westwoodi f. subochracea Talbot, 1943
  • Anapheis gidica occidentalis ab. deficiens Dufrane, 1947
  • Glycestha gidica westwoodi f. androides Storace, 1948
  • Anapheis gidica centralis Stoneham, 1957
  • Pieris gidica hypoxantha Ungemach, 1932
In Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

The wingspan is 40–55 millimetres (1.6–2.2 in) in males and 40–53 mm (1.6–2.1 in) in females. Its flight period is year-round.[2]

The larvae feed on Boscia, Capparis, and Maerua species.[1][2]

Subspecies edit

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • B. g. gidica (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, northern Nigeria, Niger)
  • B. g. hypoxantha (Ungemach, 1932) (Ethiopia)
  • B. g. abyssinica (Lucas, 1852) (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Belenois at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

External links edit

  • Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 13
  • Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12


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