Leptosia marginea
| Leptosia marginea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Leptosia |
| Species: | L. marginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)[1] | |
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Leptosia marginea, the Black-edged Spirit, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and possibly Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
The larvae feed on Capparis species.
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- ↑ Leptosia, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - “Leptosia group”