Dixeia charina

African Small White
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Dixeia
Species: D. charina
Binomial name
Dixeia charina
(Boisduval, [1836])
Synonyms
  • Pieris charina Boisduval, [1836]
  • Pinacopteryx nigropunctata Sharpe, 1890
  • Pieris anactorie Doubleday, 1842
  • Pieris gerda dagera Suffert, 1904
  • Pieris liliana anali Suffert, 1904
  • Belenois liliana Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Pinacopteryx gerda Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1893
  • Dixeia doxo liliana f. transiens Talbot, 1943
  • Dixeia doxo liliana f. immaculata Talbot, 1943
  • Dixeia doxo liliana f. ochreata Talbot, 1943
  • Pinacopteryx lambertoni Le Cerf, 1921
  • Pinacopteryx narena Grose-Smith, 1898
  • Pinacopteryx liliana pulverulenta Dixey, 1929
  • Dixeia doxo septentrionalis Bernardi, 1958
  • Pieris simana Hopffer, 1855

The African Small White[1][2] (Dixeia charina) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family and is native to southeastern Africa.

Wingspan is 34–40 mm in males and 36–42 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.[1]

Larvae feed on Capparis citrifolia and Capparis sepiaria.[1][2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
  2. 1 2 3 Markku Savela's pages: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/dixeia/index.html
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