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Scientific Name : Appias indra
Family : Pieridae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Forests,highlands
Description : The wet-season brood of this butterfly has males with upper sides that are greyish-white. The fore-wings have a black band merging into a broad black apical outer-marginal band. There are white spots before the apex. Females have a black upper side with a central greyish-white patch on the fore-wing.
In the dry-season brood, males are smaller and have narrower black outer bands on the fore-wings, with larger enclosed white spots. The hind-wings are unmarked. Females in the dry season have broader greyish-white areas on the fore-wings and submarginal whitish spots on the hind-wings.
Both wet and dry season forms have undersides with varying markings, including zigzag fasciae and discocellular dots.
In the dry-season brood, males are smaller and have narrower black outer bands on the fore-wings, with larger enclosed white spots. The hind-wings are unmarked. Females in the dry season have broader greyish-white areas on the fore-wings and submarginal whitish spots on the hind-wings.
Both wet and dry season forms have undersides with varying markings, including zigzag fasciae and discocellular dots.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Appias albina
(Common Albatross) -
Hebomoia glaucippe
(Great Orange Tip) -
Pontia daplidice
(Bath White) -
Eurema hecabe
(Common Grass Yellow) -
Eurema brigitta
(Small Grass Yellow) -
Pareronia avatar
(Pale Wanderer) -
Eurema blanda
(Three-spot Grass Yellow) -
Gandaca harina
(Tree Yellow) -
Leptosia nina
(Psyche) -
Appias lalage
(Spot Puffin)
References:
description written by:Zarin Tasnim,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, www.nic.funet.fi;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.
description written by:Zarin Tasnim,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, www.nic.funet.fi;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.