Appias pandione (Geyer, [1832])

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Appias pandione (Geyer, [1832]) = Hiposcritia pandione Geyer, [1832] = Appias whiteheadi Grose-Smith 1887 = Appias lalage aornus Fruhstorfer , 1913 = Appias pandione moiro Fruhstorfer , 1913. [9, 85, 187]

The Banded Puffin.

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Detailed information with references

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan 40-60 mm. Male UP is white, FW with a broad black border at apex and along termen to vein 1b, with two or three white spots in spaces 3, 6 and 7, the inner edge of the blsck border continued inwards along space 3 as a broken band , conjoined a spot at end cell and dark costal band at upper edge of the cell, HW with a variable black border. Female is larger and paler than in the male, FW with three white spots inside the black border at apex. [144].

Subspecies of Appias pandione

Appias pandione lagela (Moore, [1879]). [9]
A. p. montanus Rothschild, 1896. [9]
A. p. ozolia Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
A. p. pandione. [9]
A. p. whiteheadi Grose-Smith, 1887. [9]
A. p. zamora (C. & R. Felder, 1862). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Igor Ivannikov.

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