Pinacopteryx eriphia

Zebra white


both P. e. tritogenia Senegal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Pierini
Genus:	Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1857
Species:	P. eriphia
Binomial name
*Pinacopteryx eriphia* (Godart, [1819])
Synonyms
Pieris eriphia Godart, [1819] Herpaenia eriphia var. nyassae Lanz, 1896 Herpaenia eriphia var. mabillei Aurivillius, [1899] Pieris [Herpaenia] callianira Mabille, 1899 Herpaenia melanarge Butler, 1886 Herpaenia iterata Butler, 1888 Pontia tritogenia Klug, 1829 Herpaenia lacteipennis Butler, 1876 Herpaenia eriphia var. straminea Aurivillius, 1904 Pinacopteryx eriphia wittei Berger, 1940

Pinacopteryx is a monotypic genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa containing Pinacopteryx eriphia, the zebra white.^[1]

The wingspan is 40–55 mm in males and 42–47 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round.^[2]

Larva feed on Maerua cafra, Boscia species, Capparis oleoides, and Maerua triphylla.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies

P. e. eriphia (Godart, [1819]) (South Africa, Rhodesia, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania)
P. e. mabillei (Aurivillius, [1898]) (Madagascar)
P. e. melanarge (Butler, 1886) (southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, central Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, northern Uganda, northern Tanzania)
P. e. tritogenia (Klug, 1829) (Mauritania to Senegal, Upper Volta, Niger, Chad, Sudan, northern Ethiopia, Arabia)
P. e. wittei Berger, 1940 (western Uganda, north-eastern Zaire)

1 2 Pinacopteryx at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
1 2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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