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Belenois zochalia (Forest White)

Synonyms: Pieris hyoma; Pieris zochalia

Wikipedia Abstract

Belenois zochalia, the forest white or forest caper white, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in Africa. The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing year round in warm areas. The larvae feed on Capparis species, Maerua cafra and Maerua racemulosa.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.968 inches (.05 m)

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Borghesio, L., & Wagura, L. The Common Butterflies of the Mathews Range, Cheli & Peacock Community Trust
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0