Dixeia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Pierini |
| Genus: | Dixeia Talbot, 1932 |
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Dixeia, commonly called the small whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found mainly in Africa.
They are not to be confused with the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, which is referred to as the "small white" in several European nations.
Species
[edit]- Dixeia capricornus (Ward, 1871)
- Dixeia cebron Ward, 1871
- Dixeia charina (Boisduval, [1836]) – African small white
- Dixeia dixeyi (Neave, 1904)
- Dixeia doxo (Godart, [1819]) – black-veined white
- Dixeia leucophanes Vári, 1976
- Dixeia orbona (Geyer, 1837)
- Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836) – ant-heap white or ant-heap small white
- Dixeia piscicollis Pinhey, 1972
- Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884) – Spiller's (sulphur) yellow or Spiller's canary white
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dixeia.
- ^ Dixeia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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