''Leptophobia eleone'', the silky wanderer or eleone white, is a

butterfly 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

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 Levi ...

. It is found from

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

. The habitat consists of cloud forests.Butterflies of the Andes
/ref> Adults have black markings on the upperside. The underside of the hindwings is silky greenish white. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including '' Lantana'' species. The larvae feed on '' Tropaeolum'' species.caterpillars.unr.edu
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Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: *''Leptophobia eleone eleone'' (Colombia) *''Leptophobia eleone luca'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Ecuador, Bolivia)

References

Pierini Butterflies described in 1847 Pieridae of South America {{Pieridae-stub