Biology:Leptosia marginea
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Black-edged spirit | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Leptosia |
| Species: | L. marginea
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)[1]
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Leptosia marginea, the black-edged spirit, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
The larvae feed on Capparis species.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leptosia marginea. |
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2431427 entry
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