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Leptosia alcesta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Leptosia alcesta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Leptosia

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Nepheronia argia, Appias sabina, Appias epaphia, Belenois creona, Nepheronia

Leptosia alcesta, the African wood white or flip flop, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family, found in Africa.

The wingspan is 30–40 mm in males and 35–42 mm in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking from March to May.

The larva feed on Richea species, Capparis fascicularis, and Capparis brassii.

Subspecies

  • L. a. alcesta (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • L. a. inalcesta Bernardi, 1959 (Uganda, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland)
  • L. a. pseudonuptilla Bernardi, 1959 (Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ethiopia)
  • L. a. sylvicola (Boisduval, 1833) (Madagascar)

    • References

    Leptosia alcesta Wikipedia
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