Pinacopteryx

Pinacopteryx is a monotypic genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa containing Pinacopteryx eriphia, the zebra white.

The wingspan is 40–55 mm in males and 42–47 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round.

Larvae feed on Maerua cafra, Boscia species, Capparis oleoides, and Maerua triphylla.

Subspecies

• Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia <small>(Godart, [1819])</small> (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania)
• Pinacopteryx eriphia mabillei <small>(Aurivillius, [1898])</small> (Madagascar)
• Pinacopteryx eriphia melanarge <small>(Butler, 1886)</small> (southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, central Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, northern Uganda, northern Tanzania)
• Pinacopteryx eriphia tritogenia <small>(Klug, 1829)</small> (Mauritania to Senegal, Upper Volta, Niger, Chad, Sudan, northern Ethiopia, Arabia)
• Pinacopteryx eriphia wittei <small>Berger, 1940</small> (western Uganda, north-eastern DRC)

References

External links

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 10
• images representing Pinacopteryx at Consortium for the Barcode of Life