Leptosia marginea

Leptosia marginea, the black-edged spirit, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Black-edged spirit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Leptosia
Species:
L. marginea
Binomial name
Leptosia marginea
(Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pontia marginea Mabille, 1890
  • Nychitona medusa var. immaculata Aurivillius, 1895

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

References
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  1. Leptosia marginea, Site of Markku Savela
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - "Leptosia group"". Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2012-05-08.


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