Belenois creona
# Belenois creona

Belenois creona, the African common white or African caper, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

## Description

The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The sexes are dimorphic.

### Males

Uppersides are white with black or brown marginal borders and veins in forewing apex. There is a black spot in the upperside cell, instead of a bar as in the brown-veined white (B. aurota).

### Females

Females have broader dark upperside borders on both wings. Underwings are yellow during the wet season.

## Ecology

The larvae feed on Capparis and Maerua species.

## Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

* B. c. creona (Senegal to Nigeria, Sudan, east Ethiopia)
* B. c. benadirensis (in Somalia)
* B. c. boguensis Ethiopia
* B. c. elisa (on the Comoros)
* B. c. leucogyne (on the Arabian Peninsula)
* B. c. prorsus (on Madagascar)
* B. c. severina (South Africa to east Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
