Belenois calypso
maleB. c. calypso,Ghana
femaleB. c. calypso,Gambia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Belenois
Species:	B. calypso
Binomial name
Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio calypsoDrury, 1773 Papilio fulvoacuminatusGoeze, 1779 Papilio nigronotatusGoeze, 1779 Papilio nigropictusGoeze, 1779 Belenois calypso f.lypsocaBerger, 1939 Belenois calypso calypso f.cretaceaTalbot, 1943 Belenois dentigeraButler, 1888 Pieris subeida var.schweinfurthiSchultze, 1914 Pieris calypso var.costimaculaGaede, 1916 Pieris calypso calypso ab.flavidaHulstaert, 1924 Pieris calypso calypso ab.pulchricolorHulstaert, 1924 Anapheis calypso dentigera f.tshangerensisDufrane, 1948 Belenois calypso dentigera f.aureaBerger, 1981 Belenois calypso minor f.butyrosaTalbot, 1943 Belenois calypso f.nausicaaStoneham, 1957 Belenois calypso f.helenaStoneham, 1957 Belenois calypso f.alcestisStoneham, 1957 Belenois calypso f.alcimedeStoneham, 1957 Belenois calypso f.alcippeStoneham, 1957

Belenois calypso, theCalypso white orCalypso caper white, is abutterfly in the familyPieridae. It is found inSenegal,the Gambia,Guinea-Bissau,Guinea,Sierra Leone,Liberia,Ivory Coast,Burkina Faso,Ghana,Togo,Benin,Nigeria,Cameroon, theRepublic of the Congo, theCentral African Republic, theDemocratic Republic of the Congo,Angola,Uganda,Kenya andTanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests. The species occasionallymigrates.

The larvae feed onSemirestis paniculata,Maerua,Cadaba,Capparis andRitchiea species.

• B. c. calypso (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau. Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
• B. c. dentigeraButler, 1888 (Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Angola)
• B. c. marlieriBerger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• B. c. minorTalbot, 1943 (Uganda, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley), north-western Tanzania)

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