Leptidea duponcheli

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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.

Taxonomy

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)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Bibliography (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) / Charles A. Bridges. Urbana, Ill.: C.A. Bridges, c1993. url p. 178.
• Catalogue of Papilionidae & Pieridae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) / Charles A. Bridges. Urbana, Ill: C.A. Bridges, 1988. url p. 39.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url p. 10, p. 100, p. 100, p. 123, p. 146, p. 16, p. 188, p. 262, p. 280, p. 282, p. 30, p. 35, p. 36, p. 79, p. 80.

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
• 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.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2964421
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Gar-1868
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 633528

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=15&sci=Pieridae&com=Whites and Sulphurs [back]

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