Dixeia orbona

Dixeia orbona, the creamy small white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of open woodland and open montane forests, particularly forest-grassland mosaic.

Creamy small white
Male D. o. orbona, Gambia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Dixeia
Species:
D. orbona
Binomial name
Dixeia orbona
(Geyer, [1837])[1]
Synonyms
  • Mylothris orbona Geyer, 1837
  • Pinacopteryx vidua Butler, 1900
  • Pieris liliana ab. nigricans Aurivillius, 1910
  • Pieris abyssinibia Strand, 1911
  • Pinacopteryx vidua f. primulina Joicey and Talbot, 1921
  • Pieris griseovenata Neustetter, 1927
  • Pieris orbona vidua f. aurantium Ungemach, 1932
  • Pieris orbona vidua f. rubescens Ungemach, 1932
  • Pieris orbona vidua f. albida Ungemach, 1932
  • Dixeia orbona vidua f. semialba Talbot, 1943
  • Dixeia orbona vidua f. semiochracea Talbot, 1943

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

Subspecies
  • Dixeia orbona orbona (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon)
  • Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900) (Sudan, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania)

References
  1. Dixeia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-07.


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