Leptidea is a genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.

Leptidea
Wood white, Leptidea sinapis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Dismorphiinae
Genus: Leptidea
Billberg, 1820
Species

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Synonyms
  • Leucophasia Stephens, 1827

The genus contains the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Leptidea". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Leptidea amurensis". Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  3. ^ Dinca, Vlad; Lukhtanov, Vladimir A.; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger (30 April 2011). "Unexpected layers of cryptic diversity in wood white Leptidea butterflies". Nature Communications. 2: 324. Bibcode:2011NatCo...2..324D. doi:10.1038/NCOMMS1329. PMID 21610727.
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