title: Belenois gidica
text: # Belenois gidica
  
  Belenois gidica, the African veined white or pointed caper, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
  
  The wingspan is 40–55 millimetres (1.6–2.2 in) in males and 40–53 mm (1.6–2.1 in) in females. Its flight period is year-round.
  
  The larvae feed on Boscia, Capparis, and Maerua species.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  The following subspecies are recognised:
  
  * B. g. gidica (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, northern Nigeria, Niger)
  * B. g. hypoxantha (Ungemach, 1932) (Ethiopia)
  * B. g. abyssinica (Lucas, 1852) (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini)
  