Dixeia charina (Boisduval 1836)

Dixeia charina, the African small white,^[1][2] 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.^[1]

Larvae feed on Capparis citrifolia and Capparis sepiaria.^[1][2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

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

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 14