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 Tanzania. The habitat consists of open woodland and open montane forests, particularly forest-grassland mosaic.

Creamy small white
Male D. o. orbona, Gambia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Dixeia
Species:	D. orbona
Binomial name
Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837])
Synonyms
Mylothris orbona Geyer, 1837 Pinacopteryx vidua Butler, 1900 Pieris liliana ab. nigricans Aurivillius, 1910 Pieris abyssinibia Strand, 1911 Pinacopteryx vidua f. primulina Joicey and Talbot, 1921 Pieris griseovenata Neustetter, 1927 Pieris orbona vidua f. aurantium Ungemach, 1932 Pieris orbona vidua f. rubescens Ungemach, 1932 Pieris orbona vidua f. albida Ungemach, 1932 Dixeia orbona vidua f. semialba Talbot, 1943 Dixeia orbona vidua f. semiochracea Talbot, 1943

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

Subspecies

• Dixeia orbona orbona (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon)
• Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900) (Sudan, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania)

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 14