''Leptidea'' is a

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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 ...

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, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia. The genus contains the following species: *''

Leptidea amurensis ''Leptidea amurensis'' is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from western Siberia to the Ussuri region and in North Korea, China, Mongolia and Japan. The larvae feed on '' Hedysarum ussuriense'', ''Lupinus ''Lupinus'', commo ...

'' Ménétriés, 1859 *''

Leptidea darvazensis ''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 ...

'' Bolshakov, 2004 Central Asian mountains *''

Leptidea descimoni ''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 ...

'' Mazel, 2004 Kyrgyzstan *''

Leptidea duponcheli ''Leptidea duponcheli'', the Eastern wood white, is a butterfly found in the Palearctic (South Europe, Asia Minor, Balkans, Iran) that belongs to the whites family. Subspecies *''Leptidea duponcheli duponcheli'' *''Leptidea duponcheli lork ...

'' (Staudinger, 1871) – eastern wood white – South Europe, Asia Minor, Balkans, Iran *''

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 ...

'' (Leech, 1890) China *''

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 *''

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 ...

'' Lorkovic, 1950 Tapaischan, China *''

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 ...

'' Fenton,

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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 Year 990 ( CMXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Al-Mansur, ''de facto'' ruler of Al-Andalus, conquers the Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (mode ...

/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

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Pieridae genera Taxa named by Gustaf Johan Billberg Dismorphiinae {{Pieridae-stub