Pontia distorta

Pontia distorta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Pontia
Species: P. distorta
Binomial name
Pontia distorta
(Butler, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Synchloe distorta Butler, 1886

Pontia distorta, the small meadow white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, northern Kenya and possibly north-eastern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of sub-desert thorn-bush areas.

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