Leptidea morsei

Fenton's wood white
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Leptidea
Species:	L. morsei
Binomial name
Leptidea morsei (Fenton, 1881)
Synonyms
Leptosia morsei Fenton, 1881

Leptidea morsei (Fenton's wood white) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from central Europe to Siberia, Ussuri, Korea, northern China and Japan.[1]

The wingspan is 46–54 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and again from June to July in two generations per year.[2]

The larvae feed on legumes, including Lathyrus niger, Lathyrus hallersteinii and Lathyrus vernus in Europe. Other recorded food plants include Vicia cracca, Vicia japonica and Vicia amoena. Hibernation takes place in the pupal stage.[3]

Subspecies

• Leptidea morsei morsei
• Leptidea morsei major Grund, 1905
• Leptidea morsei morseides Verity, 1911

Taxonomy

Julius Rober in Seitz considered it to be "apparently an aberration of Leptidea amurensis in which the subapical spot of the forewing above is less developed. [4]

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Gallery

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  Leptidea morsei major
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  Leptidea morsei major female

References

1. Leptidea at funet
2. "butterfly-guide.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
3. C. Van Swaay; et al. (2012). "Dos and Don'ts for butterflies of the Habitats Directive of the European Union". Nature Conservation. 1: 73–153. doi:10.3897/natureconservation.1.2786.
4. Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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