Leptidea Billberg, 1820
(wood white butterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Leptidea juvernica
Cryptic Wood White, RéAl’s Wood White, Long-willied Wood White
Species 1 ident. refs
Leptidea sinapis
Wood White
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 		Species 3 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Leptidea (wood white butterflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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