''Pinacopteryx'' is a
monotypic
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genus of
pierid
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butterflies
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found in
Africa
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containing ''Pinacopteryx eriphia'', the zebra white.
[''Pinacopteryx'']
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
The
wingspan
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is 40–55 mm in males and 42–47 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round.
Larvae feed on ''
Maerua cafra
''Maerua cafra'' (DC.) Pax is a small Southern African tree belonging to Capparaceae, the caper family, occurring eastwards along the coast from Knysna, then further inland and northwards through KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini to the Transvaal, s ...
'', ''
Boscia
''Boscia'' is a genus of plants in the family ''Capparaceae''. It contains the following species:
*''Boscia albitrunca'' (Burch) Gilg & Ben.
*''Boscia angustifolia'' A. Rich.
*'' Boscia arabica'' Pestalozii
*'' Boscia caffra'' Sond.
*'' Boscia ...
'' species, ''
Capparis oleoides
''Capparis'' is a flowering plant genus, comprising around 250 species in the family Capparaceae which is included in the Brassicaceae in the unrevised APG II system. These plants are shrubs or lianas and are collectively known as caper shrub ...
'', and ''
Maerua triphylla
''Maerua'' is a genus of plants in the family Capparaceae, with its centre of diversity in Africa, though some species extend their range as far north as the Levant, and as far east as the Indian subcontinent and mainland Southeast Asia. Among ...
''.
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Subspecies
*''Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia'' (Godart, 819
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Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Emperor Louis I marries Judith of Bavaria in Aachen.Rogers, B ...
(South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania)
*''Pinacopteryx eriphia mabillei'' (Aurivillius, 898
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Year 898 ( DCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* January 1 – King Odo I (or Eudes) dies at La Fère (Northern France) af ...
(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)
References
External links
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 10images representing ''Pinacopteryx''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Teracolini
Taxa named by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren
Monotypic butterfly genera
Pieridae genera
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