Leptosia alcesta, the African wood white or flip flop, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, found in Africa.
The wingspan is 30âÂÂ40 mm in males and 35âÂÂ42 mm in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking from March to May.
The larvae feed on Ritchiea species, Capparis fascicularis, and Capparis brassii.
Subspecies
- L. a. alcesta (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- L. a. inalcesta <small>Bernardi, 1959</small> (Uganda, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland)
- L. a. pseudonuptilla <small>Bernardi, 1959</small> (Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ethiopia)
- L. a. sylvicola <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small> (Madagascar)
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