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Dixeia Talbot, 1932

Dixeia Talbot, 1932; Entomologist 65: 36, TS: Pieris charina Boisduval
Dixeia ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 28; [AfrL]

Dixeia charina (Boisduval, [1836])

Cape, Natal, Zululand, Moçambique - East Africa. See [About maps] African Small White
Pieris charina Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 525, TL: Caferie
?Dixeia doxo charina ;
Dixeia charina ; [BK, 144]; [AfrL]

Larva on Capparis citrifolia [PBSA]

D. c. charina

South Africa (E.Cape - Zululand, E.Transvaal) Dixeia charina charina ; [BAFR, 90]; [AfrL]

D. c. simana Hopffer, 1855

Transvaal, Moçambique Dixeia charina simana Hopffer, 1855; Mber. dt. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1855: 640
Dixeia charina simana ; [BAFR, 90 (text)]; [AfrL]

D. c. dagera (Suffert, 1904)

E.Tanzania, Zanzibar Dixeia charina dagera ; [BAFR, 90 (text)]; [AfrL]

D. c. liliana (Grose-Smith, 1889)

Kenya (coast) Dixeia charina liliana ; [BAFR, 90 (text)]; [BK, 144 (note)]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 28, pl. 44, f. 13-14; [AfrL]

D. c. pulverulenta (Dixey, 1929)

N.Kenya (Mt. Kulal, Mt. Marsabit) Dixeia charina pulverulenta ; [BAFR, 90 (text)]; [BK, 144 (note)]; [AfrL]

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

Madagascar Pinacopteryx narena Grose-Smith, 1898
Dixeia charina narena ; [BAFR, 90 (text)]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

D. c. septentrionalis Bernardi, 1958

E.Ethiopia, N.Ethiopia Dixeia charina septentrionalis ; [BAFR, 90]; [AfrL]

Dixeia doxo (Godart, [1819])

-. See [About maps] African Small White
Pieris doxo Godart, [1819]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 123
Dixeia doxo ; [EBW]; [AfrL]

Larva on Capparis spp. [PBSA]

D. d. doxo

W.Sudan - N.Ghana, Upper Volta, Senegal Dixeia doxo doxo ; [BAFR, 90 (text)]; [AfrL]

D. d. venatus (Butler, 1871)

SW.Ethiopia, S.Sudan Dixeia doxo venatus ; [BAFR, 90 (text)]; [AfrL]

D. d. alberta (Grünberg, 1912)

E.Zaire, NW.Tanzania Dixeia doxo alberta ; [BAFR, 90]; [AfrL]

D. d. costata Talbot, 1943

Uganda, W.Kenya, N.Tanzania Dixeia doxo costata ; [BAFR, 90]; [BK, 144]; [AfrL]

D. d. parva Talbot, 1943

Rhodesia, Zambia, Malawi, Transvaal, Zululand Dixeia doxo parva Talbot, 1943; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 93: 112
Dixeia doxo parva ; [BAFR, 90 (text)]; [AfrL]

Dixeia leucophanes Vári, 1976

Rhodesia, Moçambique. See [About maps] Dixeia leucophanes Vári, 1976; Ann. Transv. Mus. 30: 124
Dixeia leucophanes ; [BAFR, 90 (text)]; [AfrL]

Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)

Transkei - Natal - Transvaal, Moçambique, Rhodesia, Ethiopia, Zaire, Angola, Cameroun. See [About maps] Antheap White
Pieris pigea Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 523
Dixeia pigea ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 90]; [BK, 143]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 28, pl. 44, f. 5-8; [AfrL]

Larva on Capparis corymbifera [PBSA]

Dixeia orbona (Geyer, 1837)

Senegal - Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia. See [About maps] Dixeia orbona ; [EBW]; [AfrL]

Larva on Capparis [BK]

D. o. orbona

Senegal - Cameroun Dixeia orbona orbona ; [BAFR, 90 (text)]; [AfrL]

Dixeia larima (Boisduval, [1836])

Senegal. See [About maps] larima (Boisduval, [1836]); Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 524
Belenois larima ; [BAFR, 82 (text)]

D. l. vidua (Butler, 1900)

Sudan, Ethiopia - E.Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia Pinacopteryx vidua Butler, 1899; Proc. Zool. Soc.: 872, pl. 70, f. 8-9
Dixeia orbona vidua ; [BAFR, 90]; [BK, 143]
Dixeia larima vidua ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 28, pl. 44, f. 15, 18
Dixeia orbona vidua ; [AfrL]

Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)

Natal, Zululand, Moçambique - East Africa. See [About maps] Spiller's Yellow
Pieris spilleri Spiller, 1884; Entomologist 17: 62
spilleri f. gallenga Grose-Smith, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19: 62
Dixeia spilleri ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 90]; [BK, 144]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 28, pl. 44, f. 16-17; [AfrL]

Larva on Capparis spp. [PBSA]

Dixeia piscicollis Pinhey, 1972

Guinea. See [About maps] Dixeia piscicollis ; [AfrL]; [BAFR, 90 (text)]

Dixeia cebron Ward, 1871

C.Zaire - Cameroun, Ghana, Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Dixeia cebron f. aurantiaca Talbot; [BAFR, 89, fig.]
Dixeia cebron ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 89]; [AfrL]

Dixeia dixeyi (Neave, 1904)

Uganda, S.Sudan, SW.Ethiopia. See [About maps] Dixeia dixeyi ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 90]; [AfrL]

Dixeia capricornus (Ward, 1871)

-. See [About maps] Dixeia capricornus ; [AfrL]
Dixeia capricornis ; [EBW (spell.)]

D. c. capricornus

Ivory Coast - Cameroun Dixeia capricornus capricornus ; [BAFR, 89]; [AfrL]

D. c. falkensteinii (Dewitz, 1879)

Gabon - Angola Dixeia capricornus falkensteinii ; [BAFR, 89 (text)]; [AfrL]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BK]

Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

Some related literature:

Boisduval, [1836]

Histoire Naturelle des insectes: Spécies général des lépidoptères Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 690pp, 24pls

Winhard, 2000

Pieridae I Butterflies of the world, 10: (1) 40pp, (2) 48pls

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