Dixeia pigea, the ant-heap small white or ant-heap white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae that is native to Africa.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Small Ant-heap White being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dixeia charina
- Mathania leucothea
- Pseudopieris nehemia
- Dixeia spilleri
- Glutophrissa drusilla
- Leptophobia aripa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Dixeia
- Species
- Dixeia pigea
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