Dixeia capricornus

Updated on Dec 20, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dixeia

Similar Dixeia orbona, Megalopalpus zymna, Cerautola crowleyi, Mylothris rhodope, Dixeia doxo

Dixeia capricornus, the Capricorn white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and Angola. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

Dixeia capricornus capricornus (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, southern Nigeria, western and central Cameroon)

Dixeia capricornus falkensteinii (Dewitz, 1879) (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola)

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