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Pinacopteryx

Monotypic butterfly genus in family Pieridae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pinacopteryx
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Pinacopteryx is a monotypic genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa containing Pinacopteryx eriphia, the zebra white.[1]

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

Larvae feed on Maerua cafra, Boscia species, Capparis oleoides, and Maerua triphylla.[1][2]

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Subspecies

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