Leptosia

Leptosia
	Leptosia medusa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Leptosiaini; Braby, 2014
Genus:	Leptosia; Hübner, 1818
Species
	Several, see text
Synonyms
	Nina Horsfield, ; Nychitona Butler, 1870;

Leptosia, commonly called wood whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies. It is the only genus of the tribe Leptosiaini.^[1] Leptosia are found in Africa, except for Leptosia nina, which ranges from India to Australia, and Leptosia lignea, which is found only on Sulawesi. All have a frail appearance and broad rounded wings. They are only distantly related to the Palearctic wood whites Leptidea (Dismorphiinae).

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, ) – African wood white or flip flop (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Leptosia bastini Hecq, 1997
Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952 – hybrid wood white (western Africa)
Leptosia lignea (Vollenhoven, 1865) – (endemic to Sulawesi)
Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890) – black-edged spirit (western Africa)
Leptosia medusa (Cramer, ) – dainty spirit (western Africa)
Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793) – Psyche (Southeast Asia to Australia)
Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873) – immaculate wood white (western Africa)
Leptosia wigginsi (Dixey, 1915) – opaque wood white (central Africa)

References

^ Wahlberg, N.; Rota, J.; Braby, M.F.; Pierce, N.E.; Wheat, C.W. (2014). "Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (6): 641–650. doi:10.1111/zsc.12075.
^ Leptosia, funet.fi

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[1] Wahlberg, N.; Rota, J.; Braby, M.F.; Pierce, N.E.; Wheat, C.W. (2014). "Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (6): 641–650. doi:10.1111/zsc.12075.

[2] Leptosia, funet.fi

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Leptosia

Leptosia medusa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Leptosiaini Braby, 2014
Genus:	Leptosia Hübner, 1818
Species
Several, see text
Synonyms
Nina Horsfield, Nychitona Butler, 1870