Leptosia lignea explained

Leptosia lignea, the Sulawesi wood white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, found on Sulawesi.

"M. de Rosenberg" is credited with finding the first specimens, which Samuel Constant Snellen van Vollenhoven then used to describe as a new species in 1865.

Larvae feed on Capparis species.^[1]

External links

• Vollenhoven, S. Essai d'une faune entomologique de l'archipel Indonéerlandais

Notes and References

1. Vane-Wright . R.I. . De Jong . R. . The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna . Zoologische Verhandelingen . 2003 . 343 . 104 . 16 September 2022.