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title: "Caper White"
description: "Belenois java — Insects & spiders. Belenois java, the caper white or common white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae found in Australia, Indonesia, and Melanesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/caper-white
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Caper White

> Belenois java — Insects & spiders. Belenois java, the caper white or common white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae found in Australia, Indonesia, and Melanesia.

- Scientific name: *Belenois java*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8334
- Wikidata: [Q1758133](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758133)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201918](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201918)

## Names

- en: Caper White
- es: Blanca de la Alcaparra

## Countries with the most observations

AU (7573), ID (205), NC (129), NF (65), TL (57), VU (51), FJ (29), NU (4), TO (3)

## Summary

Belenois java, the caper white or common white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae found in Australia, Indonesia, and Melanesia. It is highly migratory and is often confused with the cabbage white (Pieris rapae).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belenois_java

## Photo

![Caper White](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/caper-white/medium.jpg)

Photo: Claudia Schipp · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49082989

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/caper-white?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).