Cebron White

Scientific Name
Dixeia cebron
WARD, 1871
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Cebron White
Dixeia cebron, Bobiri, Ghana – Adrian Hoskins

Introduction

The genus Dixeia comprises of 9 species, distributed variously across the Afrotropical region.

Males of all Dixeia species are white or pale cream on the upperside with a narrow black apex. The females are either a dirty white colour or slightly yellowish, and are usually suffused with blackish around the basal area of the forewings. They also have one or two suffused blackish spots on the outer forewing, and a series of small black marginal spots on the hindwing. On the underside both sexes have white forewings and pale yellow hindwings with black marginal spots.

Dixeia cebron is distributed from Cote d’Ivoire to Cameroon, Gabon and Congo.

Dixeia cebron, Bobiri, Ghana - Adrian Hoskins
Dixeia cebron, Bobiri, Ghana – Adrian Hoskins

Habitats

This species inhabits dry open forests and can also often be found along wide logging roads through disturbed rainforest.

Lifecycle

The larval foodplant is Capparis (Capparaceae).

Dixeia cebron, Bobiri, Ghana - Adrian Hoskins
Dixeia cebron, Bobiri, Ghana – Adrian Hoskins

Adult behaviour

Males are usually seen as singletons amidst aggregations of other Pierines, visiting patches of mud or damp sand from which they imbibe mineralised moisture.

Dixeia cebron, Bobiri, Ghana - Adrian Hoskins
Dixeia cebron, Bobiri, Ghana – Adrian Hoskins

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Dixeia cebron
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