Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, 1781)

Subspecies

• [Leptosia] alcesta alcesta (Stoll, 1781)
  - narica (Fabricius, 1793)
  - cepheus (Ehrmann, 1894)
  

Adult morphology	Wingspan	19
Literature references	Species number (Larsen 2005)	88
	Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)	226
Habitat	Habitat preference [1]	ALF: Generally found in all types of forest ALF
Distribution	Geographical distribution [2]	AFR: Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

• Capparidaceae
  - Capparis
  - Ritchiea

• Capparidaceae
  - Capparis
  - Ritchiea