Leptosia alcesta

African wood white
	Both L. a. inalcesta; Mabibi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Leptosia
Species:	L. alcesta
Binomial name
	Leptosia alcesta; (Stoll, [1782])[1]
Synonyms
	Papilio alcesta Stoll, [1782]; Papilio narica Fabricius, 1793; Pseudopontia cepheus Ehrmann, 1894; Leucophasia sylvicola Boisduval, 1833;

Leptosia alcesta, the African wood white or flip flop, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, found in Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 30–40 mm in males and 35–42 mm in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking from March to May.[2]

The larva feed on Richea species, Capparis fascicularis, and Capparis brassii.[2]

Subspecies

L. a. 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 the Congo)
L. a. inalcesta Bernardi, 1959 (Uganda, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland)
L. a. pseudonuptilla Bernardi, 1959 (Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ethiopia)
L. a. sylvicola (Boisduval, 1833) (Madagascar)

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Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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