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.
...Leptosia nupta in languages:
- English
- Immaculate Wood White
- English
- Petite Wood White
- English
- Immaculate Spirit
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