Leptosia medusa
| Dainty spirit | |
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| An adult | |
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| Feeding on nectar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Leptosia |
| Species: | L. medusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptosia medusa (Cramer, 1777)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Leptosia medusa, the dainty spirit, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leptosia medusa.
Wikispecies has information related to Leptosia medusa.
- ^ Leptosia medusa, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - "Leptosia group"". Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
External links
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 10
