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Species of butterfly
Forest caper white
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male B. t. theora Bobiri Forest,
Ghana
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Pieridae
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Genus:
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Belenois
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Species:
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B. theora
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Binomial name
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Belenois theora
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Synonyms
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- Pieris theora Doubleday, 1846
- Pieris paroreia Hewitson, 1869
- Pieris sylvarum Mabille, 1890
- Belenois theora theora f. brevimacula Talbot, 1943
- Pieris theora var. laeta Weymer, 1903
- Pieris lortzingi Suffert, 1904
- Belenois theora lortzingi f. lacteola Talbot, 1943
- Belenois theora parvimacula Talbot, 1943
- Pieris theora ratheo Suffert, 1904
- Pieris theora ab. concolor Aurivillius, 1899
- Pieris theora ab. maculata Aurivillius, 1899
- Pieris theora ab. obscurata Hulstaert, 1924
- Pieris theora weidholzi Rebel, 1930
- Belenois theora concolor f. sulfurata Talbot, 1943
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Belenois theora, the forest caper white, is a
butterfly in the family
Pieridae. It is found in
Guinea,
Liberia,
Ivory Coast,
Ghana,
Togo,
Benin,
Nigeria,
Cameroon, the
Central African Republic, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Uganda,
Sudan and
Tanzania.
[2] The habitat consists of woodland and forest margins.
The larvae feed on
Capparis species.
Subspecies
- B. t. theora Sierra Leone to Nigeria
- B. t. ratheo (Suffert, 1904) Central African Republic
- B. t. laeta (Weymer, 1903)
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