Hebomoia leucippe

Hebomoia leucippe is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is endemic to the Moluccas and Peleng in Indonesia. The wingspan of H. leucippe is approximately 8 cm (3.1 in).

Hebomoia leucippe
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Hebomoia
Species:	H. leucippe
Binomial name
Hebomoia leucippe (Cramer, [1775])
Synonyms
Papilio leucippe

Subspecies

• H. l. leucippe (Cramer, [1775]) – from Ambon, Haruku, and Saparua
• H. l. daemonis Fruhstorfer, 1907 – from Seram
• H. l. leucogynia (Wallace, 1863) – from Buru
• H. l. detanii Nishimura, 1983 – entirely orange, from Pelang, Banggai

Gallery of subspecies

• 
  H. l. leucippe male
• 
  H. l. detanii male

References

• Savela, M. (2010). Hebomoia leucippe, funet.fi Accessed 30 July 2010.