Dixeia capricornus

Capricorn white
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
  • Pieris capricornus Ward, 1871
  • Pieris adultera Plötz, 1880
  • Pieris capricornus nusprica Suffert, 1904
  • Dixeia cebron f. aurantiaca Talbot, 1943
  • Dixeia capricornus f. signata Talbot, 1943
  • Dixeia capricornus capricornus alba Bernardi, 1961
  • Dixeia capricornus capricornus ochracea Bernardi, 1961
  • Pieris falkensteinii Dewitz, 1879
  • Tachyris lindnerii Dewitz, 1879

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.

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References

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