''Belenois zochalia'', the forest white or forest caper white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Africa. Forest White female 20 03 2011 3

The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing year-round in warm areas. The larvae feed on ''

Capparis ''Capparis'' is a flowering plant genus, comprising around 250 species in the family Capparaceae which is included in the Brassicaceae in the unrevised APG II system. These plants are shrubs or lianas and are collectively known as caper shrubs o ...

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Maerua cafra ''Maerua cafra'' (DC.) Ferdinand Albin Pax, Pax is a small Southern African tree belonging to Capparaceae, the caper family, occurring eastwards along the coast from Knysna, then further inland and northwards through KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland ...

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Maerua racemulosa ''Maerua racemulosa'' is a species of plant in the Capparaceae family, which is almost endemic to South Africa's coastal regions, where it is a constituent of shady forest understory and valley bushveld. They are shrubs or small trees, with most ...

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Subspecies

*''B. z. zochalia'' ( South Africa, Zimbabwe) *''B. z. agrippinides'' (Holland, 1896) ( Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda) *''B. z. connexiva'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) (highlands of Cameroon) *''B. z. galla'' (Ungemach, 1932) ( Ethiopia) *''B. z. camerounica'' Bernardi, 1966 ( Nigeria to Cameroon)

References

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12
Pierini Butterflies of Africa Butterflies described in 1836 Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Pieridae-stub