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Leptosia lignea

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Species of butterfly

Sulawesi wood white
male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Leptosia
Species: L. lignea
Binomial name
Leptosia lignea
(Vollenhoven, 1865)
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.

"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.


References

  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. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

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Taxon identifiers
Leptosia lignea


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