Biology:Leptosia nupta
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Leptosia nupta | |
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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. nupta
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873)[1]
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Leptosia nupta, the immaculate wood white, petite wood white or immaculate spirit, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1873. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and on Madagascar .[2] The habitat consists of wet, primary forest.
The larvae feed on Capparis species and Rorippa madagascariensis.
Subspecies
- Leptosia nupta nupta (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola)
- Leptosia nupta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
- Leptosia nupta viettei Bernardi, 1959 (Madagascar)
References
- ↑ Leptosia nupta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - "Leptosia group"". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/pieridae_leptosia.doc.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2527248 entry
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