Leptidea
Encyclopedia
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:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of butterflies
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of family Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.
The genus contains the following species:
- Leptidea amurensisLeptidea amurensisLeptidea amurensis is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found from western Siberia to the Ussuri region and in North Korea, China, Mongolia and Japan.The larvae feed on Hedysarum ussuriense, Lupinus species and Vicia amoena....
Ménétriés, 1859 - Leptidea darvazensis Bolshakov, 2004
- Leptidea descimoni Mazel, 2004
- Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871) – Eastern Wood White
- Leptidea gigantea (Leech, 1890)
- Leptidea juvernica – Cryptic Wood White.
- Leptidea lactea Lorkovic, 1950
- Leptidea morsei Fenton, [1882]
- Leptidea reali Reissinger, [1990] – Real's Wood White
- Leptidea serrata Lee, 1955
- Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Wood White
- Leptidea yunnanica Koiwaya, 1996