Leptosia medusa
| Dainty spirit | |
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| An adult | |
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| Feeding on nectar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Leptosia |
| Species: | L. medusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptosia medusa (Cramer, 1777)[1] | |
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Leptosia medusa, the dainty spirit, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Wikispecies has information related to: Leptosia medusa |
- ↑ Leptosia medusa, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - “Leptosia group”
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