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Leptophobia eleone

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Species of butterfly

Leptophobia eleone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Leptophobia
Species: L. eleone
Binomial name
Leptophobia eleone
(Doubleday, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Pieris eleone Doubleday,
  • Leptophobia eleone ab. ochracea Röber, 1908

Leptophobia eleone, the silky wanderer or eleone white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Colombia to Bolivia. The habitat consists of cloud forests.

The larvae feed on Tropaeolum species.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • Leptophobia eleone eleone (Colombia)
  • Leptophobia eleone luca Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Ecuador, Bolivia)

References

  1. ^ Leptophobia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Butterflies of the Andes
  3. caterpillars.unr.edu
Taxon identifiers
Leptophobia eleone


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