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Dixeia charina

Dixeia charina, the African small white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae and is native to southeastern Africa.

The wingspan is 34–40 mm in males and 36–42 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round.

Larvae feed on Capparis citrifolia and Capparis sepiaria.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

  • D. c. charina (southern Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini)
  • D. c. dagera <small>(Suffert, 1904)</small> (Tanzania)
  • D. c. liliana <small>(Grose-Smith, 1889)</small> (eastern and coastal Kenya, northern Tanzania)
  • D. c. narena <small>(Grose-Smith, 1898)</small> (Madagascar)
  • D. c. pulverulenta <small>(Dixey, 1929)</small> (Kenya)
  • D. c. septentrionalis <small>Bernardi, 1958</small> (eastern and northern Ethiopia)
  • D. c. simana <small>Hopffer, 1855</small> (northern Mozambique)

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