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Meadow white
	Pontia helice johnstonii - Taita Hills, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Pontia
Species:	P. helice
Binomial name
	Pontia helice; (Linnaeus, 1764)
Subspecies
	P. h. helice; P. h. johnstonii (Crowley, 1887);
Synonyms
	Papilio helice Linnaeus, 1764; Papilio hellica Linnaeus, 1767; Papilio raphani Esper, 1783; Synchloe johnstonii Crowley, 1887;

Pontia helice, the meadow white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in southern Africa.^[1]

Wingspan is 35–40 mm in males and 37–43 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.^[2]

Subspecies

P. h. helice (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, southern Botswana, southern Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho)
P. h. johnstonii (Crowley, 1887) (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

↑ Pontia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
1 2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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