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Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)

- immaculata (Aurivillius, 1895)
- fuscolimbata (Gaede, 1916)

Adult morphologyWingspan27
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)92
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)226
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Capparidaceae
    - Capparis

  • Capparidaceae
    - Capparis

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011