"Common white" redirects here. For the moth with a similar common name, see Common white wave.
Caper white
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pieridae
Genus:
Belenois
Species:
B. java
Binomial name
Belenois java
(Sparrman, 1768)[1]
Subspecies
B. j. java (Indonesia)
B. j. savuana (Savu)
B. j. teutonia (Australia)
B. j. ina (Indonesia)
B. j. peristhene (Melanesia)
B. j. picata (Melanesia)
B. j. micronesia (Fiji)[2]
Synonyms
Papilio java Linnaeus, 1768
Papilio coronea Cramer, [1775]
Papilio clytie Donovan, 1805
Papilio deiopea Donovan, 1805
Pieris niseia MacLeay, [1826]
Belenois java ab. magniplaga Fruhstorfer, 1898
Anaphaeis nigrita Joicey & Talbot, 1928
Papilio teutonia Fabricius, 1775
Belenois teutonia anita Fruhstorfer, 1903
Pieris peristhene Boisduval, 1859
Belenois picata Butler, 1882
Pieris peristhene vitiensis Fruhstorfer, 1902
Belenois java, the caper white or common white,[3] is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae found in Australia, Indonesia, and Melanesia.[4] It is highly migratory and is often confused with the cabbage white (Pieris rapae).[5]
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^"2. Belenois java ssp. teutonia (Fabricius)". Australian Insect Common Names. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia). November 11, 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
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Belenoisjava, the caper white or common white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae found in Australia, Indonesia, and Melanesia. It is highly...
genus Belenois. Caper white is also used to refer to several single species of butterfly: Belenois aurota, native to Africa and South Asia Belenoisjava, native...
both botanists treated as authors. Caterpillars of the caper white (Belenoisjava) feed on its leaves. Capparis lasiantha has been recorded as a host...
[†introduced species] – pictured right genus: Belenois (formerly Anaphaeis) Caper white, Belenoisjava – pictured right B. j. peristhene (Boisduval, 1859)...
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