Dixeia charina
Classis : Insecta
Ordo : Lepidoptera
Familia : Pieridae
Subfamilia : Pierinae
Tribus : Pierini
Genus : Dixeia
Species : D. charina
Ordo : Lepidoptera
Familia : Pieridae
Subfamilia : Pierinae
Tribus : Pierini
Genus : Dixeia
Species : D. charina
Dixeia charina
(Boisduval, [1836])
(Boisduval, [1836])
Synonyma
* Pieris charina
- Pinacopteryx nigropunctata Sharpe, 1890
Dixeia charina (Anglice: African small white[1][2]) est papilio familiae Pieridarum, in Africa meridio-orientali endemicus.
Latitudo alarum est 34–40 mm in maribus et 36–42 mm in feminis. Adulti omnem per annum volare solent.[1]
Larvae Cappare citrifolia et Cappare sepiaria vescuntur.[1][2]
Subspecies
recensereSunt circa septem subspecies, ordine alphabetico hic perscriptae.[2]
- Dixeia charina charina
- Dixeia charina dagera (Suffert, 1904)
- Dixeia charina liliana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
- Dixeia charina narena (Grose-Smith, 1898)
- Dixeia charina pulverulenta (Dixey, 1929)
- Dixeia charina septentrionalis Bernardi, 1958
- Dixeia charina simana Hopffer, 1855