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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 morphologyWingspan31
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)73
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)200
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
    - Cadaba
    - Capparis
    - Maerua
    - Ritchiea

  • Capparidaceae
    - Cadaba
    - Capparis
    - Maerua
    - Ritchiea

Belenois calypso
Photographer: Wiebe Poppe

Records


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