Pinacopteryx

Zebra White
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Pierini
Genus:	Pinacopteryx; Wallengren, 1857
Species:	P. eriphia
Binomial name
	Pinacopteryx eriphia; (Godart, [1819])
Synonyms
	Pieris eriphia Godart, [1819]; Herpaenia eriphia var. nyassae Lanz, 1896; Herpaenia eriphia var. mabillei Aurivillius, [1899]; Pieris [Herpaenia] callianira Mabille, 1899; Herpaenia melanarge Butler, 1886; Herpaenia iterata Butler, 1888; Pontia tritogenia Klug, 1829; Herpaenia lacteipennis Butler, 1876; Herpaenia eriphia var. straminea Aurivillius, 1904; Pinacopteryx eriphia wittei Berger, 1940;

Pinacopteryx is a monotypic genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa containing the Zebra White (Pinacopteryx eriphia).^[1]

The wingspan is 40–55 mm in males and 42–47 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.^[2]

Subspecies

P. e. eriphia (Godart, [1819]) (South Africa, Rhodesia, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania)
P. e. mabillei (Aurivillius, [1898]) (Madagascar)
P. e. melanarge (Butler, 1886) (southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, central Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, northern Uganda, northern Tanzania)
P. e. tritogenia (Klug, 1829) (Mauritania to Senegal, Upper Volta, Niger, Chad, Sudan, northern Ethiopia, Arabia)
P. e. wittei Berger, 1940 (western Uganda, north-eastern Zaire)

^ ^a ^b Pinacopteryx, funet.fi
^ ^a ^b Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

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