Leptosia wigginsi

Opaque wood white
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Leptosia
Species: L. wigginsi
Binomial name
Leptosia wigginsi
(Dixey, 1915)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nychitona medusa wigginsi Dixey, 1915
  • Leptosia uganda Neustetter, 1927

Leptosia wigginsi, the opaque wood white or opaque spirit, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary lowland forests.

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

Subspecies

  • Leptosia wigginsi wigginsi – (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, south-western Kenya, western Tanzania)
  • Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta Bernardi, 1965 – (Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

  1. ↑ Leptosia wigginsi, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - “Leptosia group”


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