Leptosia

Leptosia, commonly called wood whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini) . 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).

Species
Listed alphabetically:
Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782]) – African wood white or flip flop (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Leptosia bastini Hecq, 1997
Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952 – hybrid wood white (western Africa)
Leptosia lignea (Vollenhoven, 1865) – (endemic to Sulawesi)
Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890) – black-edged spirit (western Africa)
Leptosia medusa (Cramer, [1777]) – dainty spirit (western Africa)
Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793) – Psyche (Southeast Asia to Australia)
Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873) – immaculate wood white (western Africa)
Leptosia wigginsi (Dixey, 1915) – opaque wood white (central Africa)

References

External links
Images representing Leptosia  at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Category:Anthocharini
Category:Pieridae genera
Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner

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