''Leucidia'' is a genus of
butterflies
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 ...
in the family
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family (biology), family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from Afrotropical realm, tropical Africa and Indomalayan realm, tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern ...
. They are native to the
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
.
Species
* ''
Leucidia brephos''
(Hübner, 809
* ''
Leucidia elvina
''Leucidia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are native to the South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller porti ...
''
(Godart, 1819)
References
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External links
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Coliadinae
Pieridae genera
Taxa named by Edward Doubleday
Taxa described in 1847
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