Dixeia cebron

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Cebron white
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Male
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Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Dixeia
Species:
D. cebron
Binomial name
Dixeia cebron
(Ward, 1871) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris cebronWard, 1871
  • Dixeia cebron f. usitatusTalbot, 1943
  • Dixeia cebron asignataBernardi, 1961

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. [2] The habitat consists of dry and open forests.

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References

  1. Dixeia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-07.