Dixeia
Dixeia | |
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Female Dixeia pigea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Tribe: | Pierini |
Genus: | Dixeia Talbot, 1932 |
Species | |
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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.
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
References
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