Wet-season brood: Male. Upperside greyish-white. Forewing with black costal edge, and grey-black scaled irrorated basal costal border; a black-scaled very narrow exterior marginal dentated baud decreasing from the subcostal to the submedian. Hindwing with very small indistinct blackish-scaled marginal vein-points, which are obsolete in some specimens that probably emerged near the dry season. Underside white. Forewing with the costal and outer edge slightly blackish; a few greyish-black scales along the base of costa. Hindwing unmarked. Female. Upperside greyish-white. Forewing with greyish-black costal edge, a broad longitudinal band from base of the costa and filling up the cell — with the exception of a thin streak above the median vein, this black cell-band more or less thinly extends along the upper median veinlet and joins a broad outer-marginal decreasing band extending sinuously from before the apex to posterior angle, enclosing the white sub-apical oblique quadrate patch, the outer band showing faint traces of paler intervening streaks; a less intense greyish-black fascia extends pointedly outward from below the cell to the disc in extreme wet-season specimens. Hindwing with a greyish-black marginal macular band composed of large confluent spots, or, of more or less slightly separated spots paling diffusely to the anal angle, and connected by similar coloured scales along the veins from the lower subcostal to a discal curved paler fascia, which latter becomes obsolete posteriorly. Underside white. Both wings with dark-grey similar disposed markings. Forewing with the outer band traversed by white interspaced streaks, or this band is white and its inner edge only defined by dark grey. Hindwing with the outer marginal macular band indistinct or obsolescent; base of costa pale yellow. Some intermediate specimens of this sex - which agree with the Fabrician type specimens of Lihythea — emerged probably near the dry season, vary on the upperside, in the forewing, in the connecting black streak along the upper-median to the outer band, and also the lower basal fascia, being either obsolescent or obsolete, and in the hindwing, the marginal spots are smaller and more or less well separated, the discal fascia with its connecting veins is also obsolescent or more generally entirely absent. On the underside, the markings are much less defined; on the forewing the outer band is very faintly indicated by the greyish inner edge, the apical area being entirely white or very faintly tinged with pale yellow, and on the hindwing the ground-colour is either white or very faintly tinged with pale yellow, the discal fascia being faintly indicated, and the marginal spots absent. Dry-season brood: Male. Upperside. Forewing with a diffused broader grey-black scaled outer-marginal band. Hindwing unmarked. Underside with the apicnl area of forewing, and entire hindwing tinted with very pale yellow. Female. Upperside. Forewing with the cell-band and the marginal band somewhat narrower than in specimens of the intermediate form, the connecting streak being entirely absent. Hindwing unmarked. Underside. Forewing with the cell-band and marginal band faintly indicated, the apical area pale yellow tinted. Hindwing pale yellow tinted; the discal fascia faintly indicated.
^ abR.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 77. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN978-81-929826-4-9.
^ abSavela, Markku. "Appias libythea (Fabricius, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 200–202.
^ ab One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Moore, Frederic (1903–1905). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VI. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 203–206.
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Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0195631647.
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appias, libythea, striped, albatross, small, butterfly, family, pieridae, that, yellows, whites, which, found, south, southeast, asia, striped, albatrossmalefemalescientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder. Appias libythea the striped albatross 1 2 is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae that is the yellows and whites which is found in south and southeast Asia 1 2 3 4 Striped albatrossMaleFemaleScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily PieridaeGenus AppiasSpecies A libytheaBinomial nameAppias libytheaFabricius 1775 Contents 1 Description 2 See also 3 Gallery 4 Notes 5 ReferencesDescription editFor a key to the terms used see Glossary of entomology terms Wet season brood Male Upperside greyish white Forewing with black costal edge and grey black scaled irrorated basal costal border a black scaled very narrow exterior marginal dentated baud decreasing from the subcostal to the submedian Hindwing with very small indistinct blackish scaled marginal vein points which are obsolete in some specimens that probably emerged near the dry season Underside white Forewing with the costal and outer edge slightly blackish a few greyish black scales along the base of costa Hindwing unmarked Female Upperside greyish white Forewing with greyish black costal edge a broad longitudinal band from base of the costa and filling up the cell with the exception of a thin streak above the median vein this black cell band more or less thinly extends along the upper median veinlet and joins a broad outer marginal decreasing band extending sinuously from before the apex to posterior angle enclosing the white sub apical oblique quadrate patch the outer band showing faint traces of paler intervening streaks a less intense greyish black fascia extends pointedly outward from below the cell to the disc in extreme wet season specimens Hindwing with a greyish black marginal macular band composed of large confluent spots or of more or less slightly separated spots paling diffusely to the anal angle and connected by similar coloured scales along the veins from the lower subcostal to a discal curved paler fascia which latter becomes obsolete posteriorly Underside white Both wings with dark grey similar disposed markings Forewing with the outer band traversed by white interspaced streaks or this band is white and its inner edge only defined by dark grey Hindwing with the outer marginal macular band indistinct or obsolescent base of costa pale yellow Some intermediate specimens of this sex which agree with the Fabrician type specimens of Lihythea emerged probably near the dry season vary on the upperside in the forewing in the connecting black streak along the upper median to the outer band and also the lower basal fascia being either obsolescent or obsolete and in the hindwing the marginal spots are smaller and more or less well separated the discal fascia with its connecting veins is also obsolescent or more generally entirely absent On the underside the markings are much less defined on the forewing the outer band is very faintly indicated by the greyish inner edge the apical area being entirely white or very faintly tinged with pale yellow and on the hindwing the ground colour is either white or very faintly tinged with pale yellow the discal fascia being faintly indicated and the marginal spots absent Dry season brood Male Upperside Forewing with a diffused broader grey black scaled outer marginal band Hindwing unmarked Underside with the apicnl area of forewing and entire hindwing tinted with very pale yellow Female Upperside Forewing with the cell band and the marginal band somewhat narrower than in specimens of the intermediate form the connecting streak being entirely absent Hindwing unmarked Underside Forewing with the cell band and marginal band faintly indicated the apical area pale yellow tinted Hindwing pale yellow tinted the discal fascia faintly indicated Frederic Moore Lepidoptera Indica Vol VI 4 See also editList of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India Pieridae Gallery edit nbsp Egg nbsp Striped albatross in Bangalore India nbsp Male in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia nbsp Striped albatross ধ লক প স Kolkata India nbsp Female in Kuala Lumpur MalaysiaNotes edit a b R K Varshney Smetacek Peter 2015 A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India New Delhi Butterfly Research Centre Bhimtal amp Indinov Publishing New Delhi p 77 doi 10 13140 RG 2 1 3966 2164 ISBN 978 81 929826 4 9 a b Savela Markku Appias libythea Fabricius 1775 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Retrieved June 30 2018 nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Bingham C T 1907 The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Vol II 1st ed London Taylor and Francis Ltd pp 200 202 a b nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Moore Frederic 1903 1905 Lepidoptera Indica Vol VI London Lovell Reeve and Co pp 203 206 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Appias libythea Evans W H 1932 The Identification of Indian Butterflies 2nd ed Mumbai India Bombay Natural History Society Gaonkar Harish 1996 Butterflies of the Western Ghats India including Sri Lanka A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System Bangalore India Centre for Ecological Sciences Gay Thomas Kehimkar Isaac David Punetha Jagdish Chandra 1992 Common Butterflies of India Nature Guides Bombay India World Wide Fund for Nature India by Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0195631647 Kunte Krushnamegh 2000 Butterflies of Peninsular India India A Lifescape Hyderabad India Universities Press ISBN 978 8173713545 Wynter Blyth Mark Alexander 1957 Butterflies of the Indian Region Bombay India Bombay Natural History Society ISBN 978 8170192329 nbsp This Pieridae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Appias libythea amp oldid 1049686609, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
