Leptosia medusa ( Cramer, 1777 )

Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon & Guilherme, João L., 2016, Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), Zootaxa 4201 (1), pp. 1-77 : 17

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6067981

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A50287F3-FFFD-FFF3-FF0E-FE82FC9BFDB1

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Leptosia medusa ( Cramer, 1777 )
status

 

34. Leptosia medusa ( Cramer, 1777) View in CoL

WL: 24mm. This species’ wingspan overlaps with that of identical L. hybrida ; however, the black apical margin is larger, attaining space 2. The black subapical spot is usually poorly defined or absent on the forewing verso, and may occasionally be absent on the recto. This is a forest species, with a greater affinity for semideciduous forests. It ranges along West Africa from Guinea-Bissau to Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo. The caterpillars feed on Capparaceae .

Previous references. Regions: Tombali. Authors: Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2007).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: VU.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pieridae

Genus

Leptosia

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