Leptidea is a genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.
The genus contains the following species:
- Leptidea amurensis <small>Ménétriés, 1859</small>
- Leptidea darvazensis <small>Bolshakov, 2004</small> Central Asian mountains
- Leptidea descimoni <small>Mazel, 2004</small> Kyrgyzstan
- Leptidea duponcheli <small>(Staudinger, 1871)</small> â eastern wood white â South Europe, Asia Minor, Balkans, Iran
- Leptidea gigantea <small>(Leech, 1890)</small> China
- Leptidea juvernica â cryptic wood white
- Leptidea lactea <small>Lorkovic, 1950</small> Tapaischan, China
- Leptidea morsei <small>Fenton, [1882]</small>
- Leptidea reali <small>Reissinger, [1990]</small> â Real's wood white
- Leptidea serrata <small>Lee, 1955</small> China
- Leptidea sinapis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> â wood white
- Leptidea yunnanica <small>Koiwaya, 1996</small> China
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