Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Wood White (Leptidea sinapis), is a butterfly of the Pieridae family.It is found in Europe and eastwards across the Caucasus, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Middle Asia, Kazakhstan and South Siberia to the Baikal region.Geographical variation is slight but the following subspecies are recognized: spp. sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758) European (type locality Sweden, W. Siberia, the S. Altai; ssp. pseudodiniensis (Pfeiffer, 1927) the Caucasus, Kopet-Dagh; ssp. melanoinspersa Verity, 1911 W. and N. Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Alay Mountains. There is an uncertainly ranked form from Darvaz.