Leptosia

Leptosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Pierinae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Leptosia
Hübner, 1818
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms
  • Nina Horsfield, [1829]
  • Nychitona Butler, 1870

Leptosia, commonly called wood whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini) .[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.[2]

References

  1. ^ Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
  2. ^ Leptosia, funet.fi