Species of butterfly
Red-edged white
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Figure 1 (dry-season male), figure 2 (wet-season male)
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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. rubrosignata
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Binomial name
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Belenois rubrosignata
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Synonyms
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- Pieris theora var. rubrosignata Weymer, 1901
- Belenois picta Neave, 1910
- Pieris rubrosignata f. overlaeti Hulstaert, 1924
- Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata f. albinescens Talbot, 1943
- Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata f. caesia Talbot, 1943
- Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata f. aurantia Talbot, 1943
- Belenois peeli Dixey, 1900
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Belenois rubrosignata, the red-edged white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Somalia.[2] The habitat consists of dense woodland.
The larvae feed on Ritchiea species.
Subspecies
- Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Zambia)
- Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Talbot, 1943 (Malawi, Tanzania, southern Uganda)
- Belenois rubrosignata peeli Dixey, 1900 (Somalia, Kenya)
References