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. [9, 85, 187]

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Subspecies of Leptosia alcesta

Leptosia alcesta alcesta. [9]
L. a. inalcesta Bernardi, 1959. [9]
L. a. pseudonuptilla Bernardi, 1959. [9]
L. a. sylvicola (Boisduval, 1833). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photo: Shirley Sekarajasingham.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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