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Leptidea Billberg, 1820

Leptidea Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 76, TS: Papilio sinapis Linnaeus
Leucophasia Stephens, 1827; Ill. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 1 (1): 24, TS: Papilio sinapis Linnaeus
Leptidea [Wahlberg]
Leptidea [Heiner Ziegler]
Leptidia ; Scudder, 1875, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 10 : 204 (missp.)
Leptidea (Dismorphiinae) ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 2

Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Russia, Syria, Caucasus, S.Siberia - Baikal region. See [About maps] Virnaperhonen Wood White Skogsvitvinge Vitvinge Senfweißling Piéride de la Moutarde Blanca esbelta Wietek gorczycznik
Papilio sinapis Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 468, TL: Sweden
Leptidea sinapis [Wahlberg]
Leptidea sinapis [Kimmo Silvonen]
Leptidea sinapis [NORLEP]
Leptidea sinapis [Ilya Osipov]
Leptidea sinapis [Mario Maier]
Leptidea sinapis [Simon Coombes]
Leptidea sinapis ; [BOW: pl. 4, f. 18]; [BMAT: 101, pl. 32, f. 2-7]; [Otakar Kudrna]

500x317 (~54Kb) underside Haldon woods, Devon, UK 21/05/95, Photo © Simon Coombes	600x630 (~56Kb) underside FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 25.5.1997, Photo © Markku Savela	450x449 (~42Kb) underside France, Bretagne (Brittany), Bois De Lorge, 9 July 1997, Photo © Simon Coombes
780x500 (~45Kb) larva Finland, Järvenpää 670:39, ex.o 23.07.1977, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen	650x400 (~15Kb) ova Finland, Järvenpää 670:39, 12.06.1977, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen	650x437 (~29Kb) pupa Finland, Järvenpää 670:39, ex.o 31.07.1977, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen
1000x803 (~98Kb) underside female Finland, Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki (Elokallio), 13.6.2004 (nectaring on Lychnis alpina), Photo © Markku Savela	900x602 (~120Kb) male Russia, Kaluga area (35°45'E, 54°23'N), 6.5.2006, Photo © D. Smirnov	500x509 (~21Kb) FINLAND: Kb: Tuupovaara, 694:69, 8.7.1996, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Lathyrus pratensis, Vicia cracca [SPRK], Lotus corniculatus [BRU]

L. s. sinapis

Leptidea sinapis sinapis ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 2, pl. 1, f. 1

L. s. pseudodiniensis (Pfeiffer, 1927)

L. s. melanoinspersa Verity, 1911

Leptidea reali Reissinger, [1990]

SEU, CEU. See [About maps] ?Wietek Reala
Leptidea sinapis reali Reissinger, [1990]; Atalanta 20 (1989): ?
Leptidea reali [Kimmo Silvonen]
Leptidea reali [NORLEP]
Leptidea reali ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871)

SEU, Asia Minor, Balkans, Iran. See [About maps] Eastern Wood White
duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871); in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lepid. europ. Faunegeb.: 5
majae Alberti, 1969
lathyri Duponchel (invalid homonym)²
Leptidia inornata Nakahara, 1920; Can. Ent. 52 (6) : 137, TL: Sapporo, Hokkaido
Leptidea duponcheli [Ilya Osipov]
Leptidea duponcheli [Simon Coombes]
Leptidea duponcheli ; [BMAT: 101, pl. 32, f. 8-9]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Onobrychis, Leguminosae [H&R]

L. d. duponcheli

Leptidea duponcheli duponcheli ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 2, pl. 1, f. 2

L. d. lorkovici (Pfeiffer, 1932)

L. d. vartiani Gross & Ebert, 1975

Leptidea morsei Fenton, 1881

CEU - Siberia - Ussuri, Korea, N.China, Japan. See [About maps] Fenton's Wood White Wietek morsei
Leptidea morsei Fenton, 1881; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 4: 855, TL: "Yesso", [Hokkaido, Japan]
Leptidea morsei [Ilya Osipov]
Leptidea morsei [Simon Coombes]
Leptidea morse ; [MRS, 266]
Leptidea morsei ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Lathyrus verna [H&R], Vicia cracca, Vicia japonica, V. amoena [MRS]

L. m. major Grund, 1905

381x300 (~34Kb) underside A pine forest edge, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 3rd June 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. m. morseides Verity, 1911

Leptidea amurensis Ménétriés, 1859

China, Siberia, Japan. See [About maps] Leptidea amurensis Ménétriés, 1859; Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 17: 213, TL: Amur
Leptidea amurensis [SZMN]
Leptidea amurensis [Ilya Osipov]
Leptidea amurensis ; [MRS, 266]

800x600 (~62Kb) underside Wet sand of the left bank of the Novyi Onon arm of the Onon River 1 km downstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 20th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

800x414 (~68Kb) male female Wet sand of the left bank of the Novyi Onon arm of the Onon River 1 km downstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 20th July 1997 (Leptidea amurensis (Menetries, 1859) (a male (fore wings narrower) and female (fore wings broader) of a summer brood: wings closed) and Pyrgus speyeri (Staudinger, 1887) ssp. (a male; wings open)), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Hedysarum ussuriense [BRU, Shirozu, Hara, 1969], Lupinus spp., Vicia amoena [MRS]

L. a. emisinapis Verity, 1911

Altai, Sayan, Transbaikalia

L. a. jacutia P. Gorbunov & Korshunov, 1995

Yakutia Leptidea amurensis jacutia [SZMN]

L. a. japana Verity, 1911²

Leptidea amurensis Japana ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 2, pl. 1, f. 3

Leptidea gigantea (Leech, 1890)

China. See [About maps] gigantea (Leech, 1890); Entomologist 23: 45
Leptidea gigantea ; [MRS, 266]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BMAT]

Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU]

Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[H&R]

Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe

[Heiner Ziegler]

Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch

[Ilya Osipov]

The insects from former USSR for collectors Web site; e-mail: Ilya Osipov; http://www.osipov.org/insects/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[Mario Maier]

Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338 339-824

Ménétriés, 1859

Lépidoptères de la Sibérie orientale et en particulier des rives de l'Amour Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 17: 212-221

Nakahara, 1920

New Rhopalocera from the Far East Can. Ent. 52 (6) : 137-138

Reissinger, [1990]

Checkliste Pierdae Duponchel, 1835 der Westpalearktis (Europa, Nordwestafrica, Kaukasus, Kleinasien) Atalanta 20 (1989): 149-185

Scudder, 1875

Historical Sketch of the Generic Names proposed for Butterflies: A Contribution to Systematic Nomenclature Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 10 : 91-293

Staudinger, 1871

Catalog der Lepidopteren des europäischen Faunen-Gebietes in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lepid. europ. Faunegeb.: 426pp

Stephens, 1827

Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable Ill. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 1 (1): 1-56, pl. 1-9 (1827) (2): 57-150, p. 10-12 (1828)

Winhard, 2000

Pieridae I Butterflies of the world, 10: (1) 40pp, (2) 48pls

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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.