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Leptidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Leptidea

Higher classification
  
Dismorphiinae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Division
  
Rhopalocera

Subfamily
  
Dismorphiinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Leptidea Leptidea sinapis06325WJPG

Lower classifications
  
Leptidea sinapis, Leptidea reali, Leptidea amurensis

Cryptic wood white leptidea juvernica courtship display


Leptidea is a genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.

Leptidea Genus Leptidea

The genus contains the following species:

  • Leptidea amurensis Ménétriés, 1859
  • Leptidea darvazensis Bolshakov, 2004 Central Asian mountains
  • Leptidea descimoni Mazel, 2004 Kyrgyzstan
  • Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871) – eastern wood white – South Europe, Asia Minor, Balkans, Iran
  • Leptidea gigantea (Leech, 1890) China
  • Leptidea juvernica stat. nov. – cryptic wood white
  • Leptidea lactea Lorkovic, 1950 Tapaischan, China
  • Leptidea morsei Fenton, [1882]
  • Leptidea reali Reissinger, [1990] – Real's wood white
  • Leptidea serrata Lee, 1955 China
  • Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758) – wood white
  • Leptidea yunnanica Koiwaya, 1996 China

    • Leptidea Leptidea sinapis on euroButterflies by Matt Rowlings
    Leptidea Leptidea morsei on euroButterflies by Matt Rowlings

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    Leptidea Leptidea

    References

    Leptidea Wikipedia
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