Leptosia wigginsi

Opaque Wood White
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Leptosia
Species: L. wigginsi
Binomial name
Leptosia wigginsi
(Dixey, 1915)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nychitona medusa wigginsi Dixey, 1915
  • Leptosia uganda Neustetter, 1927

The Opaque Wood White or Opaque Spirit (Leptosia wigginsi) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary lowland forests.

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

Subspecies

References

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