Dixeia

Dixeia
Dixeia
Female Dixeia pigea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Dixeia
Talbot, 1932
Species

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Dixeia, commonly called the Small Whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found mainly in Africa.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

  • Dixeia astarte (Butler, 1900)
  • Dixeia capricornus (Ward, 1871)
  • Dixeia cebron Ward, 1871
  • Dixeia charina (Boisduval, [1836]) – African Small White
  • Dixeia dixeyi (Neave, 1904)
  • Dixeia doxo (Godart, [1819]) – Black-veined White
  • Dixeia larima (Boisduval, [1836])
  • Dixeia leucophanes Vári, 1976
  • Dixeia orbona (Geyer, 1837)
  • Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836) – Ant-heap White or Ant-heap Small White
  • Dixeia piscicollis Pinhey, 1972
  • Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884) – Spiller's (Sulphur) Yellow or Spiller's Canary White

References

  1. ^ Dixeia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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