Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Wood White)

Leptidea sinapis (Wood White) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Leptidea sinapis (Wood White) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeptidea sinapis (Wood White)
GenusLeptidea (wood white butterflies)
TribeLeptideini (wood white butterflies)
SubfamilyDISMORPHIINAE (wood white butterflies)
FamilyPIERIDAE (white butterflies, brimstones, and orange-tips)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leptidea sinapis (Wood White)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Corke, D. 2002 The affair of the ’Long-willied (Réal’s) Wood White’ British Wildlife Vol 13, No. 4: 240-243.

Leptidea sinapis (Wood White) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Leptidea sinapis (Wood White):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Leptidea sinapis (Wood White)
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