Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Leptosia | |
Similar Leptosia alcesta, Leptosia, Megalopalpus zymna, Appias sabina, Pentila pauli | ||
Leptosia nupta, the immaculate wood white, petite wood white or immaculate spirit, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and on Madagascar. The habitat consists of wet, primary forest.
The larvae feed on Capparis species and Rorippa madagascariensis.
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