Calypso Paper White entomology This specimen is encased in

This specimen is encased in a 4"x7" frame

This species was formally known as Tympanoterpes giga

which can sometimes be as long as its body

their numbers are declining due to pesticides

A 3500-year-old Egyptian fresco in Luxor features the oldest known illustration of this species

Calypso Paper White entomology This specimen is encased inBelenois 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 of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. It's preferred habitat consists of forests. The species occasionally