Leptidea duponcheli, the Eastern wood white, is a butterfly found in the Palearctic (South Europe, Asia Minor, Balkans, Iran) that belongs to the whites family.
Subspecies Leptidea duponcheli duponcheli Leptidea duponcheli lorkovici (Pfeiffer, 1932) Pfeiffer, E. in Osthelder, l. & Pfeiffer, E. 1932 Lepidopteren-Fauna von Marasch in türkisch Nordsyrien Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 22 : 17-32, pl. 3-4, : 38-51, : 52-73, : 74, : 74-82, : 83-87 turkisch Nordsyrien Leptidea duponcheli maiae Alberti, 1969 Alberti, B.,1969 Neue oder bemerkenswerte Lepidoptera-formen aus den Grossen Kaukasus Dt. Ent. Zs 16 (1-3) : 189-203 Armenia, Greater Caucasus. Leptidea duponcheli vartiani Gross & Ebert, 1975 Gross, F.G and Ebert, E, 1975: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Rhopaloceren Irans. 2. Beitrag: Die Pieriden Irans (Contributions to the knowledge of the Rhopalocera of Iran. 2nd contribution: The Pieridae of Iran).Beiträge zur naturkundlichen Forschung in Südwestdeutschland. Winhard, Walter 2000, Pieridae in Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Eds. Butterflies of the world 10: Goecke & Evers 2 vols. 2, pl. 1, f. 2 Iran
Description from Seitz
L. duponcheli Stgr. (27 g), from South France, the eastern districts of South Europe, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Persia, differs from sinapis in the marking of the underside, as shown in the figure. — In the summer-form aestiva Stgr. (27 g) the upperside is feebly, the underside more strongly yellow, the latter being without markings.Julius Rober in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
Biology The larva feeds on Onobrychis, Leguminosae.
References
External links Lepidoptera Caucasi