Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Leptosia | |
Similar Leptosia alcesta, Megalopalpus zymna, Mylothris rhodope, Appias sabina, Appias phaola | ||
Leptosia hybrida, the hybrid wood white or hybrid spirit, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of primary and riparian forest, including riverine vegetation that penetrates moist savanna.
The larvae feed on Capparis species.
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