Leptosia lignea
Leptosia lignea, the Sulawesi wood white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, found on Sulawesi.[1]
Sulawesi wood white | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Leptosia |
Species: | L. lignea |
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Leptosia lignea (Vollenhoven, 1865)[1] | |
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"M. de Rosenberg" is credited with finding the first specimens, which Samuel Constant Snellen van Vollenhoven then used to describe as a new species in 1865.
Larvae feed on Capparis species.[2]
References
- Leptosia lignea, funet.fi
- Vane-Wright, R.I.; De Jong, R. (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 343: 104. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
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