Leptosia hybrida

Leptosia hybrida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Leptosia
Species:	L. hybrida
Binomial name
*Leptosia hybrida* Bernardi, 1952^[1]
Synonyms
Leptosia medusa f. houzeaui Dufrane, 1947 Leptosia medusa ab. reducta Dufrane, 1947 Leptosia medusa ab. submarginata Dufrane, 1947

Leptosia hybrida, the Hybrid Wood White or Hybrid Spirit, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of primary and riparian forest, including riverine vegetation that penetrates moist savanna.

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

Subspecies

Leptosia hybrida hybrida (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Leptosia hybrida somereni Bernardi, 1959 (north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)

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