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CAPER WHITE FACTS |
Identification
The Caper White butterfly has black veins and black wing tips with an arc of small white spots in the black area. There is also a darker form having orange wing upper surfaces with broad black borders containing white spots. The caterpillars are dark greeny brown with white dots and raised yellow spots., and long white hairs along each side of the body.
Size
wingspan 55mm
Food
various species of Capparis, also Apophyllum
Breeding
The pupa is white with black markings.
Range
Queensland, Nw South Wales, Victoria, eastern parts of South Australia and northern parts of Western Australia
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Pieridae | | Genus: | Belenois | | Species: | java | | Common Name: | Caper White |
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