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Dixeia doxo

Species of butterfly

Species of butterfly

  • Pieris doxo Godart, 1819
  • Pinacopteryx venata voltaensis Talbot, 1929
  • Pinacopteryx venata voltaensis f. minor Talbot, 1929
  • Dixeia doxo parva f. inspersa Talbot, 1943
  • Dixeia doxo parva f. aspersa Talbot, 1943
  • Ixias venatus Butler, 1871
  • Dixeia doxo venatus f. desertorum Talbot, 1943 Dixeia doxo, the black-veined white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae and is native to southern Africa.

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

Larvae feed on Capparis species.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.

  • D. d. alberta (Grünberg, 1912) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, central and north-central Tanzania)
  • D. d. costata Talbot, 1943 (Uganda, western Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
  • D. d. doxo (Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria to western Sudan)
  • D. d. parva Talbot, 1943 (Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
  • D. d. venatus (Butler, 1871) (south-western Ethiopia, southern Sudan)

References

References

  1. Woodhall, Steve. (2005). "Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa". Struik.
  2. Markku Savela's pages: [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/dixeia/index.html ''Dixeia'']
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