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Belenois creona (Cramer, 1776)

Subspecies

  • [Belenois] creona creona (Cramer, 1776)
    - cneora (Fabricius, 1793)
    - ernestius (Laporte, 1831)
    - caeca (Cannaviello, 1900)
    - sigirrensis (Strand, 1909)
    - houzeaui (Dufrane, 1947)

Adult morphologyWingspan27
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)69
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)201
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
SUD:
Centered on the Sudan Savannah and the Sahel, extending south as vagrants/migrants
SUD
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
AFR:
Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated
AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Capparidaceae
    - Boscia
    - Capparis
    - Maerua
    - Niebruhria
  • Cleomaceae
    - Cleome

  • Capparidaceae
    - Boscia
    - Capparis
    - Maerua
    - Niebruhria
  • Cleomaceae
    - Cleome

Belenois creona
Photographer: Gerard Bergsma

Records


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