Dixeia charina

African Small White
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 Pinacopteryx nigropunctata Sharpe, 1890

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]

• D. c. charina
• D. c. dagera (Suffert, 1904)
• D. c. liliana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• D. c. narena (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• D. c. pulverulenta (Dixey, 1929)
• D. c. septentrionalis Bernardi, 1958
• D. c. simana Hopffer, 1855

References

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