''Leptidea duponcheli'', the Eastern wood white, is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

found in the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

(South Europe, Asia Minor, Balkans, Iran) that belongs to the

whites White is a racial classification of people generally used for those of predominantly European ancestry. It is also a skin color specifier, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, ethnicity and point of view. De ...

family.

Subspecies

*''Leptidea duponcheli duponcheli'' *''Leptidea duponcheli lorkovici'' (Pfeiffer, 1932) turkisch Nordsyrien *''Leptidea duponcheli maiae'' Alberti, 1969 Armenia,

Greater Caucasus The Greater Caucasus, ''Didi K’avk’asioni''; is the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains. It stretches for about from west-northwest to east-southeast, from the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of t ...

. *''Leptidea duponcheli vartiani'' Gross & Ebert, 1975 Iran

Description from Seitz

L. duponcheli Stgr. (27 g), from South France, the eastern districts of South Europe, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Persia, differs from ''

sinapis ''Sinapis'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. , six species are recognised by ''The Plant List'': *'' Sinapis alba'' L. – white mustard, formerly ''Brassica alba'' *'' Sinapis allionii'' Jacq. *'' Sinapis arvensis'' L. — charlo ...

'' in the marking of the underside, as shown in the figure. — In the summer-form ''aestiva'' Stgr. (27 g) the upperside is feebly, the underside more strongly yellow, the latter being without markings. Julius Rober in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)

Biology

The

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feeds on ''

Onobrychis __NOTOC__ ''Onobrychis'', the sainfoins, are a genus of Eurasian perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plants of the legume family (Fabaceae). About 206 species are presently accepted. The Flora Europaea lists 23 species of ''Onobrychis''; the m ...

Leguminosae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

References

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Lepidoptera Caucasi
* Leptidea Butterflies of Europe Butterflies of Asia Butterflies described in 1871 Taxa named by Otto Staudinger {{Pieridae-stub