Biology:Leptosia lignea

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Short description: Species of butterfly


Sulawesi wood white
Leptosia lignea Vollenhoven (male), Sulawesi (Palu, 2.vi.1912, L. Martin, Rothschild Bequest).png
male
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Leptosia
Species:
L. lignea
Binomial name
Leptosia lignea
(Vollenhoven, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pontia lignea Vollenhoven, 1865
  • Leptosia nina lignea Winhard, 2000

Leptosia lignea, the Sulawesi wood white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, found on Sulawesi.[1]

"M. de Rosenberg" is credited with finding the first specimens, which Samuel Constant Snellen van Vollenhoven then used to describe as a new species in 1865.

Larvae feed on Capparis species.[2]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Leptosia lignea, funet.fi
  2. Vane-Wright, R.I.; De Jong, R. (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna". Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 104. https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220217/. Retrieved 16 September 2022. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2242982 entry