What Animal Lives Where

Where has the African Caper White been recorded?

Belenois aurota occurrence evidence comes from 466 records in 27 countries and territories, from 1947 to 2026. Most records come from Israel.

African Caper White
African Caper White — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InsectaLepidopteraPieridaeBelenois

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

466 records across 27 countries and territories, 1947–2026.

Belenois aurota · GBIF taxon key 1919181

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: November.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19472026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where African Caper White has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for African Caper White. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Israel 131
South Africa 82
India 59
Kenya 48
Ethiopia 28
Botswana 18
Namibia 18
Oman 13
Eritrea 12
Zimbabwe 11
Tanzania 10
Senegal 5
Gambia 4
Angola 3
Malawi 3
Rwanda 3
Uganda 3
Benin 2
DR Congo 2
Ghana 2
Guinea-Bissau 2
Zambia 2
Burundi 1
Congo 1
Sri Lanka 1
Madagascar 1
Mozambique 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.