Leptosia marginea
| Black-edged spirit | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Leptosia |
| Species: | L. marginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
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 the Congo, the Central African Republic, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
The larvae feed on Capparis species.
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leptosia marginea. |
 |
Wikispecies has information related to: Leptosia marginea |
- ↑ Leptosia marginea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - “Leptosia group”
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.