Pinacopteryx

Zebra white
	both P. e. tritogenia; 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 eriphia Godart, [1819]; Herpaenia eriphia var. nyassae Lanz, 1896; Herpaenia eriphia var. mabillei Aurivillius, [1899]; Pieris [Herpaenia] callianira Mabille, 1899; Herpaenia melanarge Butler, 1886; Herpaenia iterata Butler, 1888; Pontia tritogenia Klug, 1829; Herpaenia lacteipennis Butler, 1876; Herpaenia eriphia var. straminea Aurivillius, 1904; Pinacopteryx eriphia wittei Berger, 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]

Larva feed on Maerua cafra, Boscia species, Capparis oleoides, and Maerua triphylla.[1][2]

Subspecies

P. e. eriphia (Godart, [1819]) (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania)
P. e. mabillei (Aurivillius, [1898]) (Madagascar)
P. e. melanarge (Butler, 1886) (southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, central Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, northern Uganda, northern Tanzania)
P. e. tritogenia (Klug, 1829) (Mauritania to Senegal, Upper Volta, Niger, Chad, Sudan, northern Ethiopia, Arabia)
P. e. wittei Berger, 1940 (western Uganda, north-eastern DRC)

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

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