Leptosia lignea
| Sulawesi wood white | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Leptosia |
| Species: | L. lignea
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptosia lignea (Vollenhoven, 1865)[1]
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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[edit]
- ^ 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.
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