Belenois java

"Common white" redirects here. For the moth with a similar common name, see Common white wave.

Caper white
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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]

  1. ^ "Belenois java (Sparrman, 1768) - EOL". Archived from the original on 11 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  2. ^ "2. Belenois java ssp. teutonia (Fabricius)". Australian Insect Common Names. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia). November 11, 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference JCU was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Belenois, funet.fi
  5. ^ "Belenois java data sheet". Archived from the original on 2004-08-09. Retrieved 2009-10-24.