Dixeia
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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Pierini |
| Genus: | Dixeia Talbot, 1932 |
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They are not to be confused with the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, which is referred to as the "small white" in several European nations.
Species
- 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 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
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dixeia. |
- Dixeia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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