Dixeia doxo
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The Black-veined White (Dixeia doxo) is a butterfly
in the Pieridae
family and is native to southern Africa
.
Wingspan is 34–40 mm in males and 36–42 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.
Larvae feed on Capparis
species.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
family and is native to southern Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
.
Wingspan is 34–40 mm in males and 36–42 mm in females. Flight period is year-round.
Larvae feed on Capparis
Capparis
Capparis is a flowering plant genus in the family Capparaceae which is included in the Brassicaceae in the unrevised APG II system. These plants are shrubs or lianas and are collectively known as caper shrubs or caperbushes...
species.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.- D. d. alberta (Grünberg, 1912)
- D. d. costata Talbot, 1943
- D. d. doxo
- D. d. parva Talbot, 1943
- D. d. venatus (Butler, 1871)