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Raffray’s White

Belenois raffrayi

Habitat:

Spotted in the rainforest of Bwindi Impenetrable NP, Uganda

Notes:

http://safari-ecology.blogspot.in/2012/0...


1 species ID suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 months ago
Raffray’s White
Belenois raffrayi Belenois raffrayi -- Discover Life

6 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 months ago

5-1-5-1: 5 seconds for the family (I knew it was a White/Pieridae, although it was black), 1 minute for the genus and another 5 minutes for the species, after 1 one I give up. Looking for similar genus. Why not looking for Pieridae of Kenia, when you do not find any from Uganda? I call this intuitive phantasy ;-)...

IsabellaFiers
IsabellaFiers 11 months ago

Wow amazing, how do you start searching it ??? I have looked all pages of African butterfly's and I didn't find it ;-((( but yes, this is the one !!
now I remember also the yellow on the bottom.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 months ago

No doubt with Bayucca's suggestion..
http://safari-ecology.blogspot.in/2012/0...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 months ago

My guess is this is in Pieridae family.

IsabellaFiers
IsabellaFiers 11 months ago

As I remember well, I think it was about 5 to 6 cm wide (open wings)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 months ago

Look to be Lesser gull (Cepora nadina) Female butterfly. Need to check it is find in Africa. Is it small in size..alike Grass Yellows...?

Uganda

Lat: -0.97, Long: 29.62

Spotted on Aug 2, 2010
Submitted on Jun 25, 2012

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