Belenois
# Belenois

Belenois, commonly called the caper whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found in mainly in Africa and south-west Asia.

## Species

Subgenus Anaphaeis Hübner, 1819:

* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) – brown-veined white, African caper white, or pioneer white
* Belenois creona (Cramer, 1776) – African common white or African caper
* Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819) – African veined white or pointed caper

Species group pseudohuphina:

* Belenois margaritacea Sharpe, 1891 – Margarita's caper white
* Belenois raffrayi (Oberthür, 1878) – Raffray's white

Group Incertae sedis:

* Belenois albomaculatus (Goeze, 1779)
* Belenois aldabrensis (Holland, 1896)
* Belenois anomala (Butler, 1881)
* Belenois antsianaka (Ward, 1870)
* Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773) – Calypso caper white
* Belenois crawshayi Butler, 1894 – Crawshay's caper white
* Belenois diminuta Butler, 1894
* Belenois grandidieri (Mabille, 1878)
* Belenois hedyle (Cramer, 1777)
* Belenois helcida (Boisduval, 1833)
* Belenois java (Linnaeus, 1768) – caper white
* Belenois larima (Boisduval, 1836)
* Belenois mabella Grose-Smith, 1891
* Belenois ogygia (Trimen, 1883)
* Belenois rubrosignata (Weymer, 1901) – red-edged white
* Belenois solilucis Butler, 1874
* Belenois subeida (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
* Belenois sudanensis (Talbot, 1929) – Sudan caper white
* Belenois theora (Doubleday, 1846)
* Belenois theuszi Dewitz, 1889
* Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855) – false dotted border
* Belenois victoria (Dixey, 1915) – Victoria white
* Belenois welwitschii Rogenhofer, 1890
* Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836) – forest white or forest caper white
