Belenois theora

Belenois theora, the forest caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania. The habitat consists of woodland and forest margins.

Forest caper white
male B. t. theora Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Belenois
Species:	B. theora
Binomial name
Belenois theora (Doubleday, 1846)
Synonyms
Pieris theora Doubleday, 1846 Pieris paroreia Hewitson, 1869 Pieris sylvarum Mabille, 1890 Belenois theora theora f. brevimacula Talbot, 1943 Pieris theora var. laeta Weymer, 1903 Pieris lortzingi Suffert, 1904 Belenois theora lortzingi f. lacteola Talbot, 1943 Belenois theora parvimacula Talbot, 1943 Pieris theora ratheo Suffert, 1904 Pieris theora ab. concolor Aurivillius, 1899 Pieris theora ab. maculata Aurivillius, 1899 Pieris theora ab. obscurata Hulstaert, 1924 Pieris theora weidholzi Rebel, 1930 Belenois theora concolor f. sulfurata Talbot, 1943

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

Subspecies

• B. t. theora Sierra Leone to Nigeria
• B. t. ratheo (Suffert, 1904) Central African Republic
• B. t. laeta (Weymer, 1903)

External links

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 13
• 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 15 as ratheo