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Belenois victoria

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Species of butterfly

Victoria white
Belenois victoria victoria male - Kakamega County, Kenya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Belenois
Species: B. victoria
Binomial name
Belenois victoria
Dixey, 1915
Synonyms
  • Pieris crawshayi f. boguensoides Joicey and Talbot, 1927
  • Pieris crawshayi boguensoides f. andromorpha Joicey and Talbot, 1927
  • Pieris crawshayi boguensoides f. bicolor Joicey and Talbot, 1927
  • Pieris crawshayi boguensoides f. nigrimacula Joicey and Talbot, 1927
  • Pieris crawshayi boguensoides f. unicolor Joicey and Talbot, 1927
  • Pieris crawshayi boguensoides f. chromiphora Joicey and Talbot, 1927
  • Pieris elgonensis Neustetter, 1929
  • Belenois victoria f. dixeyi Stoneham, 1932
  • Pieris crawshayi boguensoides f. kivuensis Joicey and Talbot, 1927
  • Pieris crawshayi boguensoides f. holochroma Joicey and Talbot, 1927

Belenois victoria, the Victoria white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests, including riparian forests.

The larvae feed on Capparis tomentosa, Ritchiea and Maerua species.

Subspecies

  • Belenois victoria victoria (Kenya (highlands west of the Rift Valley), Uganda)
  • Belenois victoria hecqi Berger, 1953 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Belenois victoria schoutedeni Berger, 1953 (western Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania)

References

  1. Belenois, Site of Markku Savela
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
Taxon identifiers
Belenois victoria


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