Black fruited galanga vs False Dotted Border

Alpinia nigra compared with Belenois thysa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	False Dotted Border
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Pieridae
Genus	Alpinia	Belenois
Species	Alpinia nigra	Belenois thysa

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	False Dotted Border
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.