Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Leptosia | |
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Similar Leptosia alcesta, Megalopalpus zymna, Appias phaola, Mylothris rhodope, Pentila pauli | ||
Leptosia marginea, the black-edged spirit, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary forests.
The larvae feed on Capparis species.
References
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