''Leptidea'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
butterflies of family
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 ...
, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.
The genus contains the following species:
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Leptidea amurensis''
Ménétriés, 1859
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Leptidea darvazensis''
Bolshakov, 2004 Central Asian mountains
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Leptidea descimoni''
Mazel, 2004 Kyrgyzstan
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Leptidea duponcheli''
(Staudinger, 1871) – eastern wood white – South Europe, Asia Minor, Balkans, Iran
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Leptidea gigantea
''Leptidea'' is a genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.
The genus contains the following species:
*'' Leptidea amurensis'' Ménétriés, 1859
*'' Leptidea darvazensis'' Bolshakov, 2004 C ...
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(Leech, 1890) China
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Leptidea juvernica
''Leptidea reali'', the Réal's wood white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.
Appearance, behaviour and distribution
Réal's wood white has been found in many western Europe countries but has not been found in Britain. In Ireland, where i ...
'' – cryptic wood white
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Leptidea lactea
''Leptidea'' is a genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.
The genus contains the following species:
*'' Leptidea amurensis'' Ménétriés, 1859
*'' Leptidea darvazensis'' Bolshakov, 2004 C ...
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Lorkovic, 1950 Tapaischan, China
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Leptidea morsei
''Leptidea morsei'' (Fenton's wood white) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from central Europe to Siberia, Ussuri, Korea, northern China and Japan. The habitat consists of damp, grassy vegetation at the sunny edges of woods, in ...
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*''Leptidea reali
''Leptidea reali'', the Réal's wood white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.
Appearance, behaviour and distribution
Réal's wood white has been found in many western Europe countries but has not been found in Britain. In Ireland, where i ...
'' Reissinger, 990/small> – Real's wood white
*''Leptidea serrata
''Leptidea'' is a genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.
The genus contains the following species:
*'' Leptidea amurensis'' Ménétriés, 1859
*'' Leptidea darvazensis'' Bolshakov, 2004 C ...
'' Lee, 1955 China
*''Leptidea sinapis
''Leptidea sinapis,'' or the wood white butterfly of the family Pieridae, is a small white butterfly that is mainly found in England, Ireland, and Northern Europe. The butterfly has white wings with grey or yellow markings near the center or tip ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – wood white
*''Leptidea yunnanica
''Leptidea'' is a genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.
The genus contains the following species:
*'' Leptidea amurensis'' Ménétriés, 1859
*'' Leptidea darvazensis'' Bolshakov, 2004 C ...
'' Koiwaya, 1996 China
References
External links
images representing ''Leptidea''at
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Pieridae genera
Taxa named by Gustaf Johan Billberg
Dismorphiinae
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