Pseudopontia paradoxa

Pseudopontia paradoxa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Pseudopontia
Species:	P. paradoxa
Binomial name
	Pseudopontia paradoxa; (Felder, 1869)
Synonyms
	Globiceps paradoxa Felder & Felder, 1869; Pseudopontia calabarica Plötz, 1870; Pseudopontia cepheus Ehrmann, 1894;

Pseudopontia paradoxa is a species of butterfly found only in wet forests of tropical Africa. It was traditionally thought to be the only species (monotypic) in the genus Pseudopontia and the subfamily Pseudopontiinae.

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The larvae feed on Pseuderanthemum tunicatum, Rhopalopilia marquesii and Rhopalopilia pallens.^[1]

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