Pinacopteryx eriphia

Zebra White
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Pinacopteryx
Wallengren, 1857
Species: P. eriphia
Binomial name
Pinacopteryx eriphia
(Godart, [1819])
Synonyms
  • Pieris eriphia Godart, [1819]
  • Herpaenia eriphia var. nyassae Lanz, 1896
  • Herpaenia eriphia var. mabillei Aurivillius, [1899]
  • Pieris [Herpaenia] callianira Mabille, 1899
  • Herpaenia melanarge Butler, 1886
  • Herpaenia iterata Butler, 1888
  • Pontia tritogenia Klug, 1829
  • Herpaenia lacteipennis Butler, 1876
  • Herpaenia eriphia var. straminea Aurivillius, 1904
  • Pinacopteryx eriphia wittei Berger, 1940

Pinacopteryx is a monotypic genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa containing the Zebra White (Pinacopteryx eriphia).[1]

The wingspan is 40–55 mm in males and 42–47 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.[2]

Larva feed on Maerua cafra, Boscia spp., Capparis oleoides, and Maerua triphylla.[1][2]

Subspecies

References

  1. 1 2 Pinacopteryx, funet.fi
  2. 1 2 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

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