''Dixeia'', commonly called the small whites, is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

of the subfamily

Pierini Pierini is a tribe of butterflies within the family Pieridae. Genera Listed alphabetically: – blackveins *'' Appias'' Hübner, 819/small> – puffins and albatrosses *''Archonias'' Hübner, 1825 *''Ascia'' Scopoli, 1777 *'' Baltia'' Moore, 1 ...

in the family Pieridae that are found mainly in

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. 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

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Dixeia capricornus ''Dixeia capricornus'', the Capricorn white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , ...

'' (Ward, 1871) *''

Dixeia cebron ''Dixeia cebron'', the Cebron white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, and possibly the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo Th ...

'' Ward, 1871 *''

Dixeia charina ''Dixeia charina'', the African small white,Markku Savela's pages: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/dixeia/index.html is a butterfly in the family Pieridae and is native to southea ...

'' (Boisduval, 836 – African small white *''

Dixeia dixeyi ''Dixeia dixeyi'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in western Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan and south-western Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢት� ...

'' (Neave, 1904) *''

Dixeia doxo ''Dixeia doxo'', the black-veined white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae and is native to southern Africa.Markku Savela's pages''Dixeia''/ref> Wingspan is 34–40 mm in males and 36–42 mm in females. Flight period is year-round ...

'' (Godart,

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– black-veined white *''

Dixeia leucophanes ''Dixeia leucophanes'', the spotless black-veined small white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in So ...

'' Vári, 1976 *''

Dixeia orbona ''Dixeia orbona'', the creamy small white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and ...

'' (Geyer, 1837) *''

Dixeia pigea ''Dixeia pigea'', the ant-heap small whiteWilliams, M. (1994). ''Butterflies of Southern Africa; A Field Guide''. Southern Book Publishers. . or ant-heap white,Markku Savela's pages retrieved 4 August 2010. is a butterfly in the family Pieridae ...

'' (Boisduval, 1836) – ant-heap white or ant-heap small white *''

Dixeia piscicollis ''Dixeia piscicollis'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on Sao Tome and Principe SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Depar ...

'' Pinhey, 1972 *''

Dixeia spilleri ''Dixeia spilleri'' the Spiller's (sulphur) yellow or Spiller's canary white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is native to southern and eastern Africa.Markku Savela's pages''Dixeia''/ref> The wingspan is 33–40 mm in males and 3 ...

'' (Spiller, 1884) – Spiller's (sulphur) yellow or Spiller's canary white

References

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 14
Pierini Pieridae genera Taxa named by George Talbot (entomologist) {{Pieridae-stub