Leptosia nupta: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pieridae
Genus
Leptosia
Species
Leptosia nupta
Scientific Name
Leptosia nupta

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Leptosia nupta

Leptosia nupta, the immaculate wood white, petite wood white or immaculate spirit, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1873. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and on Madagascar. The habitat consists of wet, primary forest.

The larvae feed on Capparis species and Rorippa madagascariensis.

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Leptosia nupta in languages:

English
Immaculate Wood White
English
Petite Wood White
English
Immaculate Spirit

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