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Belenois subeida (Felder & Felder, [1865])

Subspecies

  • [Belenois] subeida frobeniusi (Strand, 1909)
    - zoraida (Gaede, 1915)
    - voltaensis (Talbot, 1943)

Adult morphologyWingspan28
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)72
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)205
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
SUD:
Centered on the Sudan Savannah and the Sahel, extending south as vagrants/migrants
SUD
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWE:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to East Africa north of the Equator or just south thereof (mainly savannah species)
WWE

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Capparidaceae
    - Capparis
    - Maerua
    - Ritchiea

  • Capparidaceae
    - Capparis
    - Maerua
    - Ritchiea

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011