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Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
Subspecies
[
Belenois
] calypso calypso (Drury, 1773)
-
fulvoacuminatus
(Goeze, [1779])
-
nigronotatus
(Goeze, [1779])
-
nigropictus
(Goeze, [1779])
-
lypsoca
(Berger, 1939)
-
cretacea
(Talbot, 1943)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
31
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
73
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
200
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
ALF
:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
Distribution
Geographical 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
- Cadaba
- Capparis
- Maerua
- Ritchiea
Capparidaceae
- Cadaba
- Capparis
- Maerua
- Ritchiea
Belenois calypso
Photographer: Wiebe Poppe
Records
1.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
^
Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011