Leucidia

Leucidia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are native to the South America.

Leucidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Euremini
Genus: Leucidia
Doubleday, 1847
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Heurema Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 (preocc. Agassiz, 1846)

Species

  • Leucidia brephos (Hübner, [1809])
  • Leucidia elvina (Godart, 1819)

References

  • Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 107. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.
  • Savela, Markku. "Leucidia". funet.fi. Retrieved 16 November 2010.


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