Leptosia nina

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Leptosia nina
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L. n. nina, Kerala
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L. n. fumigata, Indonesia
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Leptosia
Species:
L. nina
Binomial name
Leptosia nina
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Papilio ninaFabricius, 1793
  • Leptosia chlorographaHübner, 1818
  • Papilio xiphiaFabricius, 1781 (preocc.)
  • Leptosia xiphia
  • Pontia crokeraMacLeay, [1826]
  • Pontia niobeWallace, 1866
  • Pontia dioneWallace, 1867
  • Nychitona xiphia var. nicobaricaDoherty, 1886
  • Leptosia xiphia fumigataFruhstorfer, 1903
  • Leptosia aurisparsaFruhstorfer
  • Leptosia xiphia commaFruhstorfer, 1903

Leptosia nina, the psyche, [1] [2] is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae (the sulphurs, yellows and whites) and is found in Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia and Australia. [1] [2] The upper forewing has a black spot on a mainly white background. The flight is weak and erratic and the body of the butterfly bobs up and down as it beats its wings. They fly low over the grass and the butterfly rarely leaves the ground level.

Contents

Description

From Charles Thomas Bingham's The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies. Vol 2. (1907)

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically: [1] [2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 71. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN   978-81-929826-4-9.
  2. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 PD-icon.svg One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 138–139.
  4. Swinhoe, Charles (1905–1910). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VII. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 20–22.
  5. Kunte, K. (2006). Additions to known larval host plants of Indian butterflies. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 103(1):119-120
  6. Ehrlich, P.(1964).Butterflies and Plants: A Study in Coevolution. "Society for the Study of Evolution" 18(4):586-608

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