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Wood Whites
Leptosia
Leptosia, commonly called wood whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies. It is the only genus of the tribe Leptosiaini. Leptosia are found in Africa, except for Leptosia nina, which ranges from India to Australia, and Leptosia lignea, which is found only on Sulawesi. All have a frail appearance and broad rounded wings. They are only distantly related to the Palearctic wood whites Leptidea (Dismorphiinae).
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Psyche
speciesLeptosia nina
African Wood White
speciesLeptosia alcesta
Immaculate Wood White
speciesLeptosia nupta
Leptosia lignea
speciesLeptosia lignea
Hybrid Spirit
speciesLeptosia hybrida
Black-edged Spirit
speciesLeptosia marginea
opaque wood white
speciesLeptosia wigginsi
Dainty Spirit
speciesLeptosia medusa
Leptosia bastini
speciesLeptosia bastini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52068.