title: Belenois margaritacea
text: # Belenois margaritacea
  
  Belenois margaritacea, the Margarita's caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of montane forests.
  
  The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis and Ritchiea species.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * B. m. margaritacea (south-western Kenya)
  * B. m. intermedia Kielland, 1982 (eastern Tanzania)
  * B. m. kenyensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) (south-eastern Kenya)
  * B. m. plutonica (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) (Tanzania)
  * B. m. somereni (Talbot, 1928) (central Kenya)
  