纖粉蝶屬(屬名:Leptosia ;英文俗名:Wood white)是粉蝶亞科中纖粉蝶族(學名:Leptosiaini)的唯一一屬[2],拉丁學名有纖細的意思[3]。共有8個物種,主要分佈於非洲,纖粉蝶則分佈於印度至澳洲一帶, L. lignea更分佈於蘇拉威西[4]。幼蟲的寄主為鼠李科(Rhamnaceae)植物[1]。
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