Biology:Leptidea duponcheli
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Leptidea duponcheli | |
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| Leptidea duponcheli and forma aestiva in Seitz 27g | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Leptidea |
| Species: | L. duponcheli
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871) [1]
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Leptidea duponcheli, the Eastern wood white, is a butterfly found in the Palearctic (South Europe, Asia Minor, Balkans, Iran) that belongs to the whites family.
Subspecies
- Leptidea duponcheli duponcheli
- Leptidea duponcheli lorkovici (Pfeiffer, 1932) turkisch Nordsyrien
- Leptidea duponcheli maiae Alberti, 1969 Armenia, Greater Caucasus.
- Leptidea duponcheli vartiani Gross & Ebert, 1975 Iran
Description from Seitz
L. duponcheli Stgr. (27 g), from South France, the eastern districts of South Europe, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Persia, differs from sinapis in the marking of the underside, as shown in the figure. — In the summer-form aestiva Stgr. (27 g) the upperside is feebly, the underside more strongly yellow, the latter being without markings.[2]
Biology
The larva feeds on Onobrychis, Leguminosae.
References
- ↑ Staudinger in Staudinger & Wocke, 1871 Catalog der Lepidopteren des europaeischen Faunegebiets (Edn. 2)
- ↑ Julius Rober 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)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2103200 entry
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