Calypso Paper White

Regular price $60.00

Belenois calypso, the Calypso white or Calypso caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo, Angola, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. It's preferred habitat consists of forests. The species occasionally migrates.

The background photo was taken by MyMy Butterfly at St. Roch Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana.

This specimen is encased in a 3"x4" frame.