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Belenois theora (Doubleday, 1846)

Subspecies

  • [Belenois] theora theora (Doubleday, 1846)
    - paroreia (Hewitson, 1869)
    - sylvarum (Mabille, 1890)
    - brevimacula (Talbot, 1943)

Adult morphologyWingspan30
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)74
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)206
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Capparidaceae

Records


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