''Leptidea duponcheli'', the Eastern wood white, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
found in the
Palearctic (South Europe, Asia Minor, Balkans, Iran) that belongs to the
whites
White is a racialized classification of people and a skin color specifier, generally used for people of European origin, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, and point of view.
Description of populations as ...
family.
Subspecies
*''Leptidea duponcheli duponcheli''
*''Leptidea duponcheli lorkovici''
(Pfeiffer, 1932) turkisch Nordsyrien
*''Leptidea duponcheli maiae''
Alberti, 1969 Armenia,
Greater Caucasus
The Greater Caucasus ( az, Böyük Qafqaz, Бөјүк Гафгаз, بيوک قافقاز; ka, დიდი კავკასიონი, ''Didi K’avk’asioni''; russian: Большой Кавказ, ''Bolshoy Kavkaz'', sometimes translat ...
.
*''Leptidea duponcheli vartiani''
Gross & Ebert, 1975 Iran
Description from Seitz
L. duponcheli Stgr. (27 g), from South France, the eastern districts of South Europe, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Persia, differs from ''
sinapis'' in the marking of the underside, as shown in the figure. — In the summer-form ''aestiva'' Stgr. (27 g) the upperside is feebly, the underside more strongly yellow, the latter being without markings.
[Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) ]
Biology
The larva feeds on ''
Onobrychis
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''Onobrychis'', the sainfoins, are a genus of Eurasian perennial herbaceous plants of the legume family (Fabaceae). Including doubtfully distinct species and provisionally accepted taxa, about 150 species are presently known. The Flora ...
,
Leguminosae.
References
External links
Lepidoptera Caucasi*
Leptidea
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