Leptosia, commonly called wood whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies. It is the only genus of the tribe Leptosiaini.[1] Leptosia are found in Africa, except for Leptosia nina, which ranges from India to Australia, and Leptosia lignea, which is found only on Sulawesi. All have a frail appearance and broad rounded wings. They are only distantly related to the Palearctic wood whites Leptidea (Dismorphiinae).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Leptosiaini Braby, 2014 |
| Genus: | Leptosia Hübner, 1818 |
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Species
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- Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782]) – African wood white or flip flop (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Leptosia bastini Hecq, 1997
- Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952 – hybrid wood white (western Africa)
- Leptosia lignea (Vollenhoven, 1865) – (endemic to Sulawesi)
- Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890) – black-edged spirit (western Africa)
- Leptosia medusa (Cramer, [1777]) – dainty spirit (western Africa)
- Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793) – Psyche (Southeast Asia to Australia)
- Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873) – immaculate wood white (western Africa)
- Leptosia wigginsi (Dixey, 1915) – opaque wood white (central Africa)
References
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- ^ Wahlberg, N.; Rota, J.; Braby, M.F.; Pierce, N.E.; Wheat, C.W. (2014). "Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (6): 641–650. doi:10.1111/zsc.12075.
- ^ Leptosia, funet.fi
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