- Source: Belenois thysa
Belenois thysa, the false dotted border, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Africa.
The wingspan is 45–60 millimetres (1.8–2.4 in) for males and 48–62 mm (1.9–2.4 in) for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warm areas.
The larvae feed on Capparis species and Maerua racemulosa.
Subspecies
Belenois thysa thysa (South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and the coast of Kenya)
Belenois thysa tricolor Talbot, 1943 (Ethiopia)
Belenois thysa meldolae Butler, 1872 (Angola, southern Zaire to Uganda, western Kenya, southern Sudan)
References
External links
Images representing Belenois thysa at BOLD
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 14
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 15 as balangensis
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Belenois thysa
- Belenois
- Belenois ogygia
- Belenois larima
- List of butterflies of Tanzania
- List of butterflies of Sudan and South Sudan
- List of butterflies of Ethiopia
- List of butterflies of Zambia
- List of butterflies of Somalia
- List of butterflies of Zimbabwe
