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Scientific Name : Leptosia nina
Family : Pieridae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Grasslands,low bushes
Description : The upper side of the butterfly is white with a slight dusting of tiny black scales at the base of the wings. The forewing has faint black speckles along the costa and a large somewhat pear-shaped black spot post-discal. Hindwing is uniformly white with a thin, faint black terminal line. Underside is white with greenish slender transverse lines and dots on costal margin, apex, and hindwing. The hindwing's markings tend to form faint bands. Antennae are dark brown with white spots, head slightly brownish, and thorax/abdomen white. Female similar, with slightly broader black markings. Wingspan ranges from 25 to 53 mm. Found in Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Assam, Burma, Tenasserim, China, and Malayan region.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Pieris canidia
(Indian Cabbage White) -
Appias indra
(Plain Puffin) -
Eurema blanda
(Three-spot Grass Yellow) -
Pareronia ceylanica
(Dark Wanderer) -
Cepora nadina
(Lesser Gull) -
Hebomoia glaucippe
(Great Orange Tip) -
Delias acalis
(Redbreast Jezebel) -
Appias lalage
(Spot Puffin) -
Appias albina
(Common Albatross) -
Appias libythea
(Striped Albatross)
References:
description written by:Zarin Tasnim,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, books.google.com/books?id=cuPPjOMcu_4Cphoto credit & copyright: Syed Abbasmore information please contact with us.
description written by:Zarin Tasnim,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, books.google.com/books?id=cuPPjOMcu_4Cphoto credit & copyright: Syed Abbasmore information please contact with us.