Dixeia capricornus
| Dixeia capricornus |
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| Female |
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| Female, upperside and underside |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Pieridae |
| Genus: |
Dixeia |
| Species: |
D. capricornus |
| Binomial name |
Dixeia capricornus
(Ward, 1871)[1] |
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| Synonyms |
- Pieris capricornus Ward, 1871
- Pieris adultera Plötz, 1880
- Pieris capricornus nusprica Suffert, 1904
- Dixeia cebron f. aurantiaca Talbot, 1943
- Dixeia capricornus f. signata Talbot, 1943
- Dixeia capricornus capricornus alba Bernardi, 1961
- Dixeia capricornus capricornus ochracea Bernardi, 1961
- Pieris falkensteinii Dewitz, 1879
- Tachyris lindnerii Dewitz, 1879
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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 Congo and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Dixeia capricornus capricornus (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, southern Nigeria, western and centralCameroon)
- Dixeia capricornus falkensteinii (Dewitz, 1879) (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola)
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