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''Leodonta'' is a
Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the
family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Le ...
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Species

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Leodonta dysoni ''Leodonta'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species *'' Leodonta dysoni'' (Doubleday, 1847) *''Leodonta tagaste ''Leodonta'' is a Neotropical genus of butterfly, butterflies in the family (biology), family Pieri ...
'' (Doubleday, 1847) *''
Leodonta tagaste ''Leodonta'' is a Neotropical genus of butterfly, butterflies in the family (biology), family Pieridae. Species *''Leodonta dysoni'' (Doubleday, 1847) *''Leodonta tagaste'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1859) *''Leodonta tellane'' (Hewitson, 1860) *''L ...
'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1859) *''
Leodonta tellane ''Leodonta'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species *''Leodonta dysoni'' (Doubleday, 1847) *''Leodonta tagaste ''Leodonta'' is a Neotropical genus of butterfly, butterflies in the family (biology), family Pierid ...
'' (Hewitson, 1860) *''
Leodonta zenobia ''Leodonta'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species *''Leodonta dysoni'' (Doubleday, 1847) *''Leodonta tagaste'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1859) *''Leodonta tellane ''Leodonta'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflie ...
'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1865) *''
Leodonta zenobina ''Leodonta'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species *''Leodonta dysoni'' (Doubleday, 1847) *''Leodonta tagaste'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1859) *''Leodonta tellane'' (Hewitson, 1860) *''Leodonta zenobia ''Leodonta ...
'' (Hopffer, 1869) File:Leodonta tellane chiriquensis MHNT.jpg, ''Leodonta tellane chiriquensis''


References

Pierini Pieridae of South America Pieridae genera Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Pieridae-stub