Biology:Leptidea morsei
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Leptidea |
| Species: | L. morsei
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptidea morsei (Fenton, 1881)
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Leptidea morsei (Fenton's wood white) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from central Europe to Siberia, Ussuri, Korea, northern China and Japan.[1]
The wingspan is 46–54 mm. The wing ground color is white. The forewings are falcate- elongated at the apex and with a concave outer margin. The male forewing has a dark spot at the apex. In spring-generation butterflies, the hindwing base color is grayish-ochre on the underside, while in summer-generation individuals, it is white.[2].Adults are on wing from April to May and again from June to July in two generations per year.[3]
The larvae feed on legumes, including Lathyrus niger, Lathyrus hallersteinii and Lathyrus vernus in Europe. Other recorded food plants include Vicia cracca, Vicia japonica and Vicia amoena. Hibernation takes place in the pupal stage.[4]
Subspecies
- Leptidea morsei morsei
- Leptidea morsei major Grund, 1905 [5]
- Leptidea morsei morseides Verity, 1911 [6]
Taxonomy
Julius Rober in Seitz considered it to be "apparently an aberration of Leptidea amurensis in which the subapical spot of the forewing above is less developed. [7]
Gallery
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Leptidea morsei major -
Leptidea morsei major female
References
- ↑ Leptidea at funet
- ↑ Lvovsky AL, Morgun DV (2007) Butterflies of Eastern Europe. KMK Scientific Press, Ltd., Moscow, 443 pp. [In Russian]
- ↑ "butterfly-guide.co.uk". http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/species/whites/white9.htm.
- ↑ C. Van Swaay (2012). "Dos and Don'ts for butterflies of the Habitats Directive of the European Union". Nature Conservation 1: 73–153. doi:10.3897/natureconservation.1.2786.
- ↑ Grund, Arnošt 1905 Leptidea sinapis L. in der Umgebung Agrams (Kroatien) mit drei neuen Formen Ent. Zs. 19 (26) : 145-148
- ↑ Verity, R. 1911 Rhopalocera Palaearctica Iconographie et Description des Papillons diurnes de la région paléarctique. Papilionidae et Pieridae
- ↑ Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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Wikidata ☰ Q2133916 entry
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