Pontia distorta

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Pontia distorta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Pontia
Species:
P. distorta
Binomial name
Pontia distorta
(Butler, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
  • Synchloe distortaButler, 1886

Pontia distorta, the small meadow white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, northern Kenya and possibly north-eastern Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of sub-desert thorn-bush areas.

References

  1. Pontia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - Subtribe Pierina