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Dixeia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Tribe
  
Pierini

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Pieridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Lower classifications
  
Dixeia pigea, Dixeia doxo, Dixeia charina, Dixeia spilleri

Dixeia charina 4 anni


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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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

Listed alphabetically:

  • 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

    • References

    Dixeia Wikipedia
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