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Leptosia medusa

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Dainty Spirit
Illustration of adult
Feeding on nectar
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L. medusa
Binomial name
Leptosia medusa
(Cramer, 1777)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio medusa Cramer, 1777
  • Papilio dorothea Fabricius, 1793
  • Pieris empeda Godart, 1819

The Dainty Spirit (Leptosia medusa) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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