Dixeia capricornus
Capricorn white | |
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Female | |
Female, upperside and underside | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Dixeia |
Species: | D. capricornus |
Binomial name | |
Dixeia capricornus (Ward, 1871)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Dixeia capricornus, the Capricorn white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Dixeia capricornus capricornus (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, southern Nigeria, western and central Cameroon)
- Dixeia capricornus falkensteinii (Dewitz, 1879) (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Dixeia capricornus |
- ↑ Dixeia, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis
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