Wood white
Leptidea sinapis
Order Lepidoptera. Family Pieridae.
Photo: Rosenzweig / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Description
Leptidea sinapis, or the wood white butterfly of the family Pieridae, is a small white butterfly that is mainly found in England, Ireland, and Northern Europe.
Traits
- Wingspan
- 35–45 mm
- Flight period
- April–August
- Host plants
- legumes (vetchling, vetch)
- Generations per year
- 2
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Photographs
W. S. Coleman, «British Butterflies» (scan: Keith Edkins) / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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