Leptidea sinapis

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• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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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.

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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 2,595 meters (0 to 8,514 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: LT ([m ])

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

• Bibliography (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) / Charles A. Bridges. Urbana, Ill.: C.A. Bridges, c1993. url p. 34, p. 452, p. 453, p. 88.
• Biodiversity trends and threats in Europe: development and test of a species trend indicator RIVM, UNEP-WCMC url p. 50.
• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url , p. 175, p. 209, p. 214, p. 46, p. 54, p. 54.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 39.
• Foraging selectivity in adult butterflies: morphological, ecological, and physiological factors affecting flower choice / by Peter Gregory May. 1985. url p. 171.
• Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 10, p. 103, p. 108, p. 109, p. 112, p. 119, p. 124, p. 13, p. 132, p. 135, p. 23, p. 28, p. 3, p. 30, p. 5, p. 5, p. 53, p. 57, p. 6, p. 63, p. 69, p. 69, p. 8, p. 90, p. 92, p. 99.
• The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 115.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url , , , , , , , , , , , p. 10, p. 100, p. 101, p. 101, p. 102, p. 103, p. 106, p. 108, p. 11, p. 11, p. 110, p. 112, p. 112, p. 113, p. 12, p. 123, p. 126, p. 127, p. 128, p. 128, p. 129, p. 130, p. 130, p. 131, p. 131, p. 137, p. 14, p. 143, p. 146, p. 146, p. 146, p. 148, p. 149, p. 154, p. 154, p. 154, p. 16, p. 161, p. 164, p. 164, p. 169, p. 173, p. 179, p. 18, p. 182, p. 188, p. 188, p. 188, p. 19, p. 190, p. 193, p. 193, p. 195, p. 195, p. 199, p. 199, p. 20, p. 200, p. 203, p. 205, p. 207, p. 208, p. 21, p. 21, p. 210, p. 211, p. 213, p. 216, p. 229, p. 230, p. 231, p. 237, p. 238, p. 238, p. 24, p. 24, p. 241, p. 246, p. 251, p. 255, p. 258, p. 259, p. 26, p. 261, p. 262, p. 267, p. 268, p. 269, p. 272, p. 274, p. 275, p. 279, p. 279, p. 279, p. 280, p. 280, p. 281, p. 282, p. 287, p. 29, p. 292, p. 296, p. 297, p. 30, p. 30, p. 300, p. 307, p. 31, p. 31, p. 319, p. 324, p. 33, p. 330, p. 34, p. 34, p. 34, p. 340, p. 348, p. 36, p. 38, p. 38, p. 39, p. 41, p. 45, p. 45, p. 45, p. 47, p. 47, p. 5, p. 50, p. 52, p. 55, p. 56, p. 57, p. 57, p. 58, p. 6, p. 63, p. 63, p. 64, p. 7, p. 73, p. 73, p. 79, p. 8, p. 8, p. 80, p. 82, p. 82, p. 83, p. 86, p. 87, p. 88, p. 89, p. 91, p. 92, p. 92, p. 92, p. 94, p. 94, p. 97, p. 97, p. 98, p. 99, p. 99.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 54 1994 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 78.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 39 1958 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 312.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
• GloBIS (GART): Global Butterfly Information System. Release date: November 23, 2008
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 26, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 12 providers.
• LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 26, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
• GBIF-Spain: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid; Lepidópteros
• GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• GBIF-Sweden: Lepidoptera (Observations)
• GBIF-Sweden: Lepidoptera (Specimens NRM)
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn
• Institute of Environmental Sciences UJ: Lepidoptera of Cracow City
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS: Bumblebees, cuckoobees and butterflies
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Norwegian Lepidoptera collection, Oslo
• Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun: The Distribution Atlas of Butterflies in Poland
• SysTax
• SysTax: Lobbecke Museum Dusseldorf
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology: Lepidoptera collection of Hannu Saarenmaa
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology: Lepidopterological Society of Finland

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2978516
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Gar-1874
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4494338
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 633532

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=15&sci=Pieridae&com=Whites and Sulphurs [back]
2. Mean = 321.410 meters (1,054.495 feet), Standard Deviation = 354.870 based on 3,926 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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