Dixeia charina

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Scientific name Dixeia charina		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Pierini Rank Species

Similar Dixeia, Dixeia doxo, Dixeia pigea, Nepheronia buquetii, Dixeia orbona

Dixeia charina 4 anni

Dixeia charina, the African small white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family and is native to southeastern Africa.

The wingspan is 34–40 mm in males and 36–42 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round.

Larvae feed on Capparis citrifolia and Capparis sepiaria.

Listed alphabetically:

D. c. charina (southern Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland)

D. c. dagera (Suffert, 1904) (Tanzania)

D. c. liliana (Grose-Smith, 1889) (eastern and coastal Kenya, northern Tanzania)

D. c. narena (Grose-Smith, 1898) (Madagascar)

D. c. pulverulenta (Dixey, 1929) (Kenya)

D. c. septentrionalis Bernardi, 1958 (eastern and northern Ethiopia)

D. c. simana Hopffer, 1855 (northern Mozambique)

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