Leptidea

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wood White
Wood White, Leptidea sinapis
Wood White, Leptidea sinapis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Division: Rhopalocera
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Dismorphiinae
Genus: Leptidea
Billberg, 1820
Species

see text

Leptidea is a genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.

The genus contains the following species:

  • Leptidea amurensis
  • Leptidea duponcheli, Eastern Wood White
  • Leptidea gigantea
  • Leptidea lactea
  • Leptidea sinapis, Wood White
  • Leptidea reali, Real's Wood White
  • Leptidea serrata
  • Leptidea yunnanica
Languages