Dixeia orbona
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Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837])[1]
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Dixeia orbona, the creamy small white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. 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.
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
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- ^ Dixeia, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis