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Pioneer White

Belenois aurota

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Pieridae

Belenois aurota, the pioneer or pioneer white or caper white, is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae—that is, the yellows and whites—which is found in South Asia, West Asia and Africa. In Africa, it is also known as the brown-veined white, and is well known during summer and autumn when large numbers migrate north-east over the interior. Description Wet-season form The upperside of males is white with the forewing having the costa from base to base of vein 11 dusky black and then jet black continuing into a widened and curving short streak along the…

Distribution

Ge S-X, Hu S-J, Shi H-L, Han F-Y, Li M-J, Ren L-L · CC BY
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