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Fenton’s Wood White (''Leptidea morsei'') is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found from central Europe to Siberia, Ussuri, Korea, northern China and Japan.〔(Leptidea at funet )〕 The habitat consists of damp, grassy vegetation at the sunny edges of woods, in grassy woodland clearings and on regenerating woodland on grassland. They occur almost exclusively in oak forest and mixed deciduous woods. The wingspan is 46–54 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and again from June to July in two generations per year.〔(butterfly-guide.co.uk )〕 The larvae feed on Peas, including ''Lathyrus niger'', ''Lathyrus hallersteinii'' and ''Lathyrus vernus'' in Europe. Other recorded food plants include ''Vicia cracca'', ''Vicia japonica'' and ''Vicia amoena''. Hibernation takes place in the pupal stage. ==Subspecies== *''Leptidea morsei morsei'' *''Leptidea morsei major'' Grund, 1905 *''Leptidea morsei morseides'' Verity, 1911 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leptidea morsei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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