Pinacopteryx

Zebra white
Both male Pinacopteryx eriphia tritogenia, in Senegal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Teracolini
Genus:	Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1857
Species:	P. eriphia
Binomial name
Pinacopteryx eriphia (Godart, [1819])
Synonyms
Pieris eriphiaGodart, [1819] Herpaenia eriphia var. nyassaeLanz, 1896 Herpaenia eriphia var. mabilleiAurivillius, [1899] Pieris [Herpaenia] callianiraMabille, 1899 Herpaenia melanargeButler, 1886 Herpaenia iterataButler, 1888 Pontia tritogeniaKlug, 1829 Herpaenia lacteipennisButler, 1876 Herpaenia eriphia var. stramineaAurivillius, 1904 Pinacopteryx eriphia witteiBerger, 1940

Pinacopteryx is a monotypic genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa containing Pinacopteryx eriphia, the zebra white. ^[1]

The wingspan is 40–55 mm in males and 42–47 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round. ^[2]

Larvae feed on Maerua cafra , Boscia species, Capparis oleoides , and Maerua triphylla . ^{[1] [2]}

Subspecies

• Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia(Godart, [1819]) (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania)
• Pinacopteryx eriphia mabillei(Aurivillius, [1898]) (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 witteiBerger, 1940 (western Uganda, north-eastern DRC)

References

1. Pinacopteryx at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.

External links

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 10
• images representing Pinacopteryx at Consortium for the Barcode of Life