Pinacopteryx Explained

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 wittei Berger, 1940 (western Uganda, north-eastern DRC)

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/pinacopteryx/index.html Pinacopteryx
2. Book: Woodhall, Steve . Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa . 2005 . Cape Town, South Africa . Struik . 978-1-86872-724-7 .