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title: "Green-eyed White"
description: "Leptophobia aripa — Insekten & Spinnen. Leptophobia aripa, the common green-eyed white or mountain white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/green-eyed-white
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green-eyed White

> Leptophobia aripa — Insekten & Spinnen. Leptophobia aripa, the common green-eyed white or mountain white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.

- Scientific name: *Leptophobia aripa*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11413
- Wikidata: [Q2672568](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2672568)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62500](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62500)

## Names

- en: Green-eyed White
- es: Mariposa blanca de la Col

## Countries with the most observations

MX (6352), BR (1178), CO (416), PE (294), CR (138), EC (72), HN (63), GT (45), UY (32), NI (30), AR (12), PA (11)

## Summary

Leptophobia aripa, the common green-eyed white or mountain white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is native to Mexico, Central America and South America, but strays may be found as far north as southern Texas. Leptophobia aria is very selective of the host they choose to lay their eggs in. [1]
It is a multivoltine species with overlapping generations. Adults feed on flower nectar of various species, including Emilia sonchifolia, Lantana camara and Bidens pilosa.
The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, including Brassica oleracea. Other records include Nasturtium officinale, Tovaria pendula and Tropaeolum…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptophobia_aripa

## Photo

![Green-eyed White](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-eyed-white/medium.jpg)

Photo: macro_biologist · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115149009

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-eyed-white?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).