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Leptosia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pieridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Tribe
  
Anthocharini

Rank
  
Genus

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Leptosia, commonly called wood whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini) . Leptosia are found in Africa, except for Leptosia nina, which ranges from India to Australia, and Leptosia lignea, which is found only on Sulawesi. All have a frail appearance and broad rounded wings. They are only distantly related to the Palearctic wood whites Leptidea (Dismorphiinae).

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Species

Listed alphabetically:

  • Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782]) – African wood white or flip flop (Sub-Saharan Africa)
  • Leptosia bastini Hecq, 1997
  • Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952 – hybrid wood white (western Africa)
  • Leptosia lignea (Vollenhoven, 1865) – (endemic to Sulawesi)
  • Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890) – black-edged spirit (western Africa)
  • Leptosia medusa (Cramer, [1777]) – dainty spirit (western Africa)
  • Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793) – Psyche (Southeast Asia to Australia)
  • Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873) – immaculate wood white (western Africa)
  • Leptosia wigginsi (Dixey, 1915) – opaque wood white (central Africa)

    • References

    Leptosia Wikipedia
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