Hebomoia leucippe

Hebomoia leucippe is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is endemic to the Moluccas and Peleng in Indonesia. The wingspan of H. leucippe is approximately 8 cm (3.1 in).

Hebomoia leucippe

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Hebomoia
Species:	H. leucippe
Binomial name
*Hebomoia leucippe* (Cramer, [1775])
Synonyms
Papilio leucippe

Subspecies

H. l. leucippe (Cramer, [1775]) – from Ambon, Haruku, and Saparua
H. l. daemonis Fruhstorfer, 1907 – from Seram
H. l. leucogynia (Wallace, 1863) – from Buru
H. l. detanii Nishimura, 1983 – entirely orange, from Pelang, Banggai

Gallery of subspecies

H. l. leucippe male
H. l. detanii male

References

Savela, M. (2010). Hebomoia leucippe, funet.fi Accessed 30 July 2010.

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