Dixeia doxo

Black-veined white

Male

Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Pierini
Genus:	Dixeia
Species:	D. doxo
Binomial name
*Dixeia doxo* (Godart, [1819])
Synonyms
Pieris doxo Godart, 1819 Pinacopteryx venata voltaensis Talbot, 1929 Pinacopteryx venata voltaensis f. minor Talbot, 1929 Dixeia doxo parva f. inspersa Talbot, 1943 Dixeia doxo parva f. aspersa Talbot, 1943 Ixias venatus Butler, 1871 Dixeia doxo venatus f. desertorum Talbot, 1943

Dixeia doxo, the black-veined white,^[1] is a butterfly in the Pieridae family and is native to southern Africa.^[2]

Wingspan is 34–40 mm in males and 36–42 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.^[1]

Larvae feed on Capparis species.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[2]

D. d. alberta (Grünberg, 1912) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, central and north-central Tanzania)
D. d. costata Talbot, 1943 (Uganda, western Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
D. d. doxo (Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria to western Sudan)
D. d. parva Talbot, 1943 (Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
D. d. venatus (Butler, 1871) (south-western Ethiopia, southern Sudan)

1 2 3 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
1 2 3 Markku Savela's pages: Dixeia

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