Calypso Paper White entomology known as rollers

known as rollers

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

which can sometimes be as long as its body

This specimen is encased in a 6x6” frame

Calypso Paper White entomology known as rollersBelenois 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