Leptosia lignea

Sulawesi wood white
	male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Leptosia
Species:	L. lignea
Binomial name
	Leptosia lignea; (Vollenhoven, 1865)
Synonyms
	Pontia lignea Vollenhoven, 1865; Leptosia nina lignea Winhard, 2000;

Leptosia lignea, the Sulawesi wood white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, found on Sulawesi.^[1]

"M. de Rosenberg" is credited with finding the first specimens, which Samuel Constant Snellen van Vollenhoven then used to describe as a new species in 1865.

Larvae feed on Capparis species.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Leptosia lignea, funet.fi
^ Vane-Wright, R.I.; De Jong, R. (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 343: 104. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

External links

Vollenhoven, S. Essai d'une faune entomologique de l'archipel Indonéerlandais

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[funet-1] Leptosia lignea, funet.fi

[Vane-Wright-2003-2] Vane-Wright, R.I.; De Jong, R. (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 343: 104. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

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