Ant-heap White
Dixeia pigea
9.60004, 7.99997
Field Notes
Description:
The Ant-heap Small White or Ant-heap White (Dixeia pigea) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family and is native to Africa.
Habitat:
This species is found from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa through KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Province, to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, DRC, Angola, and Cameroon.
Notes:
The flight period is all year. They have been described as having a medium-fast, random flight pattern or as a rather weak, slow flying butterfly. They keep to open areas in riverine forest and thick bush[ or the edges of bush areas. Both sexes feed from flowers and are greatly attracted to flowering bushes exposed to the sun as seen in this photo.
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Dixeia pigea
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PublishedJuly 26, 2013
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