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Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1857
Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): 7, TS: Pieris eriphia Godart
Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1858; Öfvers. K.VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh., 15: 75, TS: Pieris eriphia Godart
Pinacopteryx (Pierinae) ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 5
Pinacopteryx ; [AfrL]

Pinacopteryx eriphia (Godart, [1819])
South Africa, Afrotropical, S.Arabia, Madagascar. See [About maps] Zebra White
Pieris eriphia Godart, [1819]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 157
Pieris eriphia f. nyassae Lanz, 1896; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 9: 123 [dry-season]
Pinacopteryx eriphia ; [EBW]; [AfrL]

Larva on Capparis oleoides, Maerua triphylla [PBSA], Cadaba [BK]

South Africa, Rhodesia, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, S.Tanzania Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia ; [BAFR, 56]; [AfrL]
P. e. mabillei (Aurivillius, [1898])
Madagascar Herpaenia eriphia var. mabillei Aurivillius, [1898]; , TL: Madagascar
Pinacopteryx eriphia mabillei ; [BAFR, 56 (text)]; [MadL]; [AfrL]
P. e. melanarge (Butler, 1886)
S.Sudan, S.Ethiopia, C.Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, N.Uganda, N.Tanzania Pinacopteryx eriphia melanarge ; [BAFR, 56 (text)]; [AfrL]
P. e. tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
Mauritania - Senegal, Upper Volta, Niger, Chad, Sudan, N.Ethiopia, Arabia Pinacopteryx eriphia tritogenia ; [BAFR, 56 (text)]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 5, pl. 4, f. 8; [AfrL]
P. e. wittei Berger, 1940
W.Uganda, NE.Zaire Pinacopteryx eriphia wittei ; [BAFR, 56 (text)]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 5, pl. 4, f. 7; [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:
Wallengren, 1857
Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade aren 1838-1845 af J.A. Wahlberg K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): [1] -55
Winhard, 2000
Pieridae I Butterflies of the world, 10: (1) 40pp, (2) 48pls


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