Leptosia nupta

Leptosia nupta, the immaculate wood white, petite wood white or immaculate spirit, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1873. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and on Madagascar.^[2] The habitat consists of wet, primary forest.

Leptosia nupta
São Tomé island São Tomé and Príncipe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Leptosia
Species:	L. nupta
Binomial name
Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
Nychitona nupta Butler, 1873 Leptosia alcesta f. nuptilla Aurivillius, 1910 Leptosia medusa medusa f. pygmaea Birket-Smith, 1960

The larvae feed on Capparis species and Rorippa madagascariensis.

Subspecies

• Leptosia nupta nupta (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola)
• Leptosia nupta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
• Leptosia nupta viettei Bernardi, 1959 (Madagascar)