Belenois, commonly called the caper whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found in mainly in Africa and south-west Asia.
Species
Subgenus Anaphaeis <small>Hübner, 1819</small>:
- Belenois aurota <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> â brown-veined white, African caper white, or pioneer white
- Belenois creona <small>(Cramer, 1776)</small> â African common white or African caper
- Belenois gidica <small>(Godart, 1819)</small> â African veined white or pointed caper
Species group pseudohuphina:
Group Incertae sedis:
- Belenois albomaculatus <small>(Goeze, 1779)</small>
- Belenois aldabrensis <small>(Holland, 1896)</small>
- Belenois anomala <small>(Butler, 1881)</small>
- Belenois antsianaka <small>(Ward, 1870)</small>
- Belenois calypso <small>(Drury, 1773)</small> â Calypso caper white
- Belenois crawshayi <small>Butler, 1894</small> â Crawshay's caper white
- Belenois diminuta <small>Butler, 1894</small>
- Belenois grandidieri <small>(Mabille, 1878)</small>
- Belenois hedyle <small>(Cramer, 1777)</small>
- Belenois helcida <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
- Belenois java <small>(Linnaeus, 1768)</small> â caper white
- Belenois larima <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small>
- Belenois mabella <small>Grose-Smith, 1891</small>
- Belenois ogygia <small>(Trimen, 1883)</small>
- Belenois rubrosignata <small>(Weymer, 1901)</small> â red-edged white
- Belenois solilucis <small>Butler, 1874</small>
- Belenois subeida <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1865)</small>
- Belenois sudanensis <small>(Talbot, 1929)</small> â Sudan caper white
- Belenois theora <small>(Doubleday, 1846)</small>
- Belenois theuszi <small>Dewitz, 1889</small>
- Belenois thysa <small>(Hopffer, 1855)</small> â false dotted border
- Belenois victoria <small>(Dixey, 1915)</small> â Victoria white
- Belenois welwitschii <small>Rogenhofer, 1890</small>
- Belenois zochalia <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small> â forest white or forest caper white
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