Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

LepiMAP:   692730
Province:   North-West
Country:   Kenya
Locus:   0339BD
Observer:   Omenya J
Date of record:   2019-08-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   the second photo I took at night
Last updated:   2020-04-13 13:09:05
Sp. code:   407400
Species name:   Belenois sp.
Common name:  
Family:   PIERIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-692730
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 692730 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2019-09-13 14:20:08
Species name:   Belenois creona severina -- African caper white; Afrikaanse gewone witjie
Species code:   407590
Comment number:   2
By:   Mike Clifton
Comment:   The forewing marginal band enlarges toward the anal edge of the wing as in B.aurota aurota and the marginal spots on the hindwing are not as defined as in creona.
Date:   2020-04-13 11:09:05
Species name:   Belenois sp.
Species code:   407400

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