Belenois | |
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African caper white (B. aurota), Agra, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Subfamily: | Pierini |
Genus: |
Belenois Hübner, [1819] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Anaphaeis (Hübner, 1819) |
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Anaphaeis (Hübner, 1819)
Glycestha (Billberg, 1820)
Pseudohuphina (Stoneham, 1940)
Pseudanaphaeis (Bernard, 1953)
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.
Subgenus Anaphaeis Hübner, 1819:
Species group pseudohuphina:
Group Incertae sedis: