Belenois hedyle, the western yellow caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of edges of dry forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Belenois |
| Species: | B. hedyle
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| Belenois hedyle | |
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Subspecies
edit- Belenois hedyle hedyle (eastern Ghana, Togo, Benin, western Nigeria)
- Belenois hedyle ianthe (Doubleday, 1842) (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone)
- Belenois hedyle rhena (Doubleday, 1846) (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, western Ghana)
References
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- ^ Belenois, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
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