Appias lalage (Doubleday, 1842)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Pierinae → tribe Pierini → genus Appias → species Appias lalage
Species name(s)
Appias lalage (Doubleday, 1842) = Pieris lalage Doubleday, 1842 = Appias lalage lalage.
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Detailed information with references
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 45-55 mm. Male similar toAppias pandionebut the inner edge of black border continued for a short distance in space 3 and not reaching the black spot at end cell; UnH yellowish-white with obscure markings not as dark as in the former species. Female similar to that ofAppias pandionebut darker with broader borders and FW black border extended mid-way along dorsum to the base, HW with two additional white submarginal spots in spaces 5 and 6. [144]. Svetlana Shchavelina.
Subspecies Appias lalage
- A. l. durvasa (Moore, [1858]).
- A. l. lageloides (Crowley, 1900).
- A. l. lalage.
- A. l. mutina Fruhstorfer, 1910.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Text data: Svetlana Shchavelina.
References
- [85] Lepidoptera.ru (Insecta.pro previous version / cтарая версия Insecta.pro)
- [144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
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