Belenois (Anaphaeis) creona severina (Stoll) - African common white

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Belenois creona
Belenois creona
Belenois creona
Belenois creona

Photo(s): Petra Ballings, Kutsaga, Harare (left); Bart Wursten, Cleveland Dam, Harare and Catapu, Mozambique.

Species details:

Note: The photograph shows the male (2nd left) and the female.
Distribution: Throughout Africa, Comoros and Madagascar.
Larval food (by plant family):
Capparaceae
Larval food (by plant genus):
Larval food (by plant species):

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Butterfly species: Belenois creona severina.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400350, retrieved 24 May 2013

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