| Species name   | 
      Leptosia nupta (Butler,
1873) 
          Immaculate wood white; petite wood white;
immaculate spirit. 
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          |  Taxonomy  | 
          Nychitona
nupta
Butler,
1873.  Cistula Entomologica 1:
175 (150-177). 
          Type locality: Angola:
“Bembe Mines”.
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          Distribution 
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          Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo,
Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya,
Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Madagascar. 
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          Distribution Map 
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           Biology 
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          Host plant: Capparis species (Capparaceae) [Kielland, 1990: 71]. Rorippa madagascariensis (Brassicaceae) [Heath et al., 2002: 35].
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          |  Nigeria♂ | 
          
          
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          |  Nigeria♀ | 
          
          
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      References 
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      Leptosia marginea, Site of Markku 
Savela Afrotropical Butterflies: File D ? Pieridae - “Leptosia group” |