Leptosia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Leptosiaini
Genus: Leptosia
Species: L. alcesta – L. hybrida – L. marginea – L. medusa – L. nina – L. nupta – L. uganda – L. wigginsi
Name

Leptosia Hübner, 1818
References
Additional references

Wahlberg, N., Rota, J., Braby, M.F., Pierce, N.E. & Wheat, C.W. 2014. Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data. Zoologica scripta 43(6): 641–650. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12075 Paywall. Reference page.

Vernacular names
italiano: Leptosia
中文: 纖粉蝶屬

Leptosia, commonly called wood whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies. It is the only genus of the tribe Leptosiaini.[1] Leptosia are found in Africa, except for Leptosia nina, which ranges from India to Australia, and Leptosia lignea, which is found only on Sulawesi. All have a frail appearance and broad rounded wings. They are only distantly related to the Palearctic wood whites Leptidea (Dismorphiinae).

Species

Listed alphabetically:[2]

Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782]) – African wood white or flip flop (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Leptosia bastini Hecq, 1997
Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952 – hybrid wood white (western Africa)
Leptosia lignea (Vollenhoven, 1865) – (endemic to Sulawesi)
Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890) – black-edged spirit (western Africa)
Leptosia medusa (Cramer, [1777]) – dainty spirit (western Africa)
Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793) – Psyche (Southeast Asia to Australia)
Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873) – immaculate wood white (western Africa)
Leptosia wigginsi (Dixey, 1915) – opaque wood white (central Africa)

References

Wahlberg, N.; Rota, J.; Braby, M.F.; Pierce, N.E.; Wheat, C.W. (2014). "Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (6): 641–650. doi:10.1111/zsc.12075.
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