Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Wood White)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeptidea sinapis (Wood White)
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)
Records of Leptidea sinapis (Wood White) :
1: Leptidea sinapis (Wood White)
30 May 2017 OSIGR: M20 Vice County: Clare (VC H09) Eire
Adult - Spring generation
Image 1: Adult - Spring generation - at rest - lateral viewImage 2: Adult - Spring generation - at rest - lateral view (2)Image 3: Adult - Spring generation - at rest - lateral view (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Corke, D. 2002 The affair of the ’Long-willied (Réal’s) Wood White’ British Wildlife Vol 13, No. 4: 240-243.

Leptidea sinapis (Wood White) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leptidea sinapis (Wood White)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leptidea sinapis (Wood White)
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