Belenois thysa

False dotted border

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Belenois
Species:	B. thysa
Binomial name
*Belenois thysa* (Hopffer, 1855)^[1]
Synonyms
Pieris thysa Hopffer, 1855 Pieris larima rimala Suffert, 1904 Pieris thysa malaria Suffert, 1904 Pieris larima alarmi Suffert, 1904 Belenois thysa var. balangensis Rebel and Rogenhofer, 1894 Pieris thysa var. obumbrata Weymer, 1903 Pieris thysa ab. macularia Aurivillius, 1910 Pieris thysa var. balangensis ab. tassamagangae Neustetter, 1916 Belenois thysa thysa ab. reducta Dufrane, 1947 Belenois thysa thysa ab. blariauxi Dufrane, 1947 Belenois thysa f. rosmaria Stoneham, 1957 Belenois thysa f. agatha Stoneham, 1957 Belenois thysa f. arethusa Stoneham, 1957 Belenois thysa f. calliope Stoneham, 1957 Belenois thysa f. vansoni Pennington, 1978 Belenois meldolae Butler, 1872 Belenois thysa malaria f. angustimargo Talbot, 1943 Belenois thysa f. alegona Stoneham, 1957 Belenois thysa f. biton Stoneham, 1957 Belenois thysa f. cleobis Stoneham, 1957 Pieris thysa f. tricolor Ungemach, 1932

Belenois thysa, the false dotted border, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Africa.

The wingspan is 45–60 millimetres (1.8–2.4 in) for males and 48–62 mm (1.9–2.4 in) for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warm areas.^[2]

The larvae feed on Capparis species and Maerua racemulosa.

Subspecies

Belenois thysa thysa (South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and the coast of Kenya)
Belenois thysa tricolor Talbot, 1943 (Ethiopia)
Belenois thysa meldolae Butler, 1872 (Angola, southern Zaire to Uganda, western Kenya, southern Sudan)

^ Belenois at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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