Leptosia medusa
| Dainty spirit | |
|---|---|
| An adult | |
| Feeding on nectar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Leptosia |
| Species: | L. medusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptosia medusa (Cramer, 1777) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leptosia medusa, the dainty spirit, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests.