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The African Wood White or Flip Flop (''Leptosia alcesta'') is a butterfly of the Pieridae family, found in Africa.〔 The wingspan is 30–40 mm in males and 35–42 mm in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking from March to May.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larva feed on ''Richea'' species, ''Capparis fascicularis'', and ''Capparis brassii''.〔 File:African Wood White flip flop (Leptosia alcesta inalcesta) in flight.jpg|in flight File:African Wood White flip flop (Leptosia alcesta) face.jpg|worn specimen appears to represent a face ==Subspecies== *''Leptosia alcesta alcesta'' (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo) *''Leptosia alcesta inalcesta'' Bernardi, 1959 (Uganda, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland) *''Leptosia alcesta pseudonuptilla'' Bernardi, 1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo to Ethiopia) *''Leptosia alcesta sylvicola'' (Boisduval, 1833) (Madagascar) 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「Leptosia alcesta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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