Appias lyncida (Cramer, [1777])

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Pierinae → tribe Pierini → genus Appias → species Appias lyncida

Species name(s)

Appias lyncida (Cramer, [1777]) = Papilio lyncida Cramer, [1777] = Papilio hippo Cramer, [1779] = Pieris enyo Boisduval, 1836 = Tachyris lyncida fabiola Fruhstorfer, 1905 = Appias (Appias) lyncida = Appias latifasciata Moore 1881 = Pieris enyo Boisduval, 1836 = Appias hippoides Moore 1881 = Pieris eleonora Boisduval, 1836 = Pieris enarete Boisduval, 1836. [9, 85, 187]

The Chocolate Albatross.

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Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan 45-55 mm. Male UP is pale yellowish-white with a series of triangular black marginal spots on both wings; UnH bright yellow, with a broad chocolate border. Female UpF dark dusting covering the whole cell, discal area with some white streaks, UpH bears longer triangular black marginal spots. In both sexes, the dark border on UnH is more or less half of the wing invasavaand much broader than ineleonora. [144].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Capparis micracantha, Crateva adansonii, Crateva religiosa, Gynotroches axillaris [144].

Subspecies of Appias lyncida

Appias lyncida andrea (Eschscholtz, 1821). [9]
A. l. eleonora (Boisduval, 1836). [9]
A. l. enarete (Boisduval, 1836). [9]
A. l. enaretina (Fruhstorfer, 1900). [9]
A. l. floresiana (Butler, 1898). [9]
A. l. formosana (Wallace, 1866). [9]
A. l. gellia Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
A. l. hippona Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
A. l. inornata Moore, 1878. [9]
A. l. latifasciata Moore, 1881. [9]
A. l. lepidana Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
A. l. lutatia Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
A. l. lycaste (C. & R. Felder, [1865]). [9]
A. l. lynceola (C. & R. Felder, 1865). [9]
A. l. lyncida. [9]
A. l. nicobarica Moore. [9]
A. l. papissa Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
A. l. purana Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
A. l. taprobana Moore, 1879. [9]
A. l. vasava Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Roger Dolorosa.

Text data: Svetlana Shchavelina.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org