Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Pierinae → tribe Anthocharidini → genus Leptosia → species Leptosia alcesta

Species name(s)

Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782]) = Papilio alcesta Stoll, [1782] = Papilio dorothea Fabricius, 1793 = Leptosia alcesta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959 = Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959 = Leptosia alcesta pseudonuptilla Bernardi, 1959.

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Subspecies Leptosia alcesta

L. a. alcesta.
L. a. inalcesta Bernardi, 1959.
L. a. pseudonuptilla Bernardi, 1959.
L. a. sylvicola (Boisduval, 1833).

Authors

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Photo: Shirley Sekarajasingham.

References

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