Showing posts with label Pieridae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pieridae. Show all posts

Thursday 27 August 2015

Appias

Appias forms a part of a genus of family Pieridae (whites) found in Southern Asia and Australia. They are also commonly called puffins or albatrosses.

“Off the recorded Appias species, 10 species occurs in Indian Subcontinent i.e. albina, libythea, paulina, lyncida, nero, indra, melania, lalage, wardii and olferna. Apart from A.nero i.e bright orange coloured, all the Appias species found in India are white on the upper wing surface, with the apex and outer margins of the forewings marked to a greater or lesser extent with black, according to species. Females of the "white" species have a dull brownish-white ground colour, heavily suffused with dark brown around the margins and in the fw discal cell. The undersides vary considerably - e.g. albina is pure white; indra is greyish, heavily mottled with brown; and the underside hindwings of lyncida are bright yellow with broad chocolate margins”. (learnaboutbutterflies.com)

Saturday 22 August 2015

Ixias pyrene (Yellow Orange Tip) - Sikkim Butterfly



Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia
Phylum:               Arthropoda
Class:                    Insecta
Order:                  Lepidoptera
Family:                 Pieridae
Genus:                  Ixias
Species:                 I. pyrene
Binomial name:    Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus 1764)

Other Names:  Yellow Orange Tip


Special feature:  This species is most common among the genus Ixias. They are ten species in numbers. 

Tuesday 21 October 2014

Redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe) - Sikkim Butterfly

Redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe)

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim,
Date: October 18, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan


Scientific classification
Kingdom:             Animalia
Phylum:                Arthropoda
Class:                    Insecta
Order:                   Lepidoptera
Family:                  Pieridae
Genus:                   Delias
Species:                  D. pasithoe

Binomial name:    Delias pasithoe (Linnaeus, 1767)

Other Names: Redbase Jezebel

Special feature: The species is found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Saturday 18 October 2014

Redspot Jezebel (Delias descombesi ) - Sikkim Butterfly

Redspot Jezebel  (Delias descombesi - female)

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim,
Date: October 18, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:             Animalia
Phylum:               Arthropoda
Class:                    Insecta
Order:                  Lepidoptera
Family:                 Pieridae
Genus:                  Delias
Species:                 D. descombesi
Binomial name:    Delias descombesi  (Boisduval, 1836)
Other Names: Redspot Jezebel
Special feature: The male is white on the upperside while the female is black dusted on the upperside forewings

Friday 17 October 2014

Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete) - Sikkim Butterfly

Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete)

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim,
Date: May 25, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan





Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia
Phylum:               Arthropoda
Class:                    Insecta
Order:                  Lepidoptera
Family:                 Pieridae
Genus:                  Delias
Species:                 D. hyparete
Binomial name:    Delias hyparete (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other Names: Painted Jezebel


Special feature:  The Painted Jezebel is white above, with the veins dusted in the outer areas.  The female is more heavily dusted with black than the male.  The basal half of the underside of the hindwing is bright yellow and the termen has a bright red marginal border.  The veins are dusted with black.

It is believed that the brightly coloured underside serves as a warning pattern to predatory animals. (http://www.butterflycircle.org)

Sunday 27 April 2014

Pieris canidia (Indian Cabbage White) - Sikkim Butterfly

Pieris canidia (Indian Cabbage White)

Place : Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 7,  2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Pieris canidia (Indian Cabbage White)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: May 2,  2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Pieris
Species:P. canidia
Binomial name
Pieris canidia
(Sparrman, 1768)