Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Leptosia | |
Similar Leptosia alcesta, Appias phaola, Mylothris rhodope, Pentila pauli, Telipna acraea | ||
Leptosia wigginsi, the opaque wood white or opaque spirit, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary lowland forests.
The larvae feed on Capparis species.
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