Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Réal's Wood White
Description
Family Pieridae
'The Pieridae are members
of the Superfamily
Papilionoidea, the true butterflies. Worldwide in distribution, most species are found in the tropics. Adults
have medium to small wings
that are white, yellow, or orange, with some black or red, and many have hidden ultraviolet patterns
that are used in courtship
. Species with more than one generation usually have distinct
seasonal variation
in appearance
. Adults of all species visit flowers for nectar, and adults of both sexes have three pairs of walking legs
. Males patrol in search of receptive mates, and females lay
columnar
eggs
on leaves, buds, and stems. The majority of caterpillars of North American whites and sulphurs feed
on legumes or crucifers (members of the Mustard family
). Typically, temperate
species overwinter in the pupal or larval stage
, while tropical
species overwinter as adults.
'[1]
Subfamily Dismorphiinae
The mimic-whites are members of the Family Pieridae. Their distribution is mainly limited to the neotropics (South America, Central America, and the Caribbean). Only one species is found in North America.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,135 meters (0 to 3,724 feet).[2]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Panorpida
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Family:
Pieridae
()
- Whites and Yellows (Sulphurs)
- Subfamily:
Dismorphiinae
()
- Mimic-Whites
- Genus:
Leptidea
()
- Billberg, 1820
- Specific name:
reali
- Reissinger, 1989
- Scientific name: - Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1989
- Specific name:
reali
- Reissinger, 1989
- Genus:
Leptidea
(
- Subfamily:
Dismorphiinae
(
- Family:
Pieridae
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Superorder:
Panorpida
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 28-Jun-2008
Similar Species
Members of the genus Leptidea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. duponcheli (Eastern Wood White) · L. morsei (Fenton's Wood White) · L. morsei morsei (Fenton's Wood White) · L. reali (Réal's Wood White) · L. sinapis (Wood White) · L. sinapis sinapis (Wood White)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 21, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norwegian Lepidoptera collection, Oslo
- SysTax, Lobbecke Museum Dusseldorf
- SysTax, SysTax
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Bugs
- University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Lepidopterological Society of Finland
- inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn, inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5447736
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Gar-1872
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 832820
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=15&sci=Pieridae&com=Whites and Sulphurs [back]
- Mean = 92.960 meters (304.987 feet), Standard Deviation = 136.570 based on 1,710 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
