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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. [9, 85]

The Spot Puffin.

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Detailed information with references

Imago 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].

Subspecies of Appias lalage

Appias lalage durvasa (Moore, [1858]). [9]
A. l. lageloides (Crowley, 1900). [9]
A. l. lalage. [9]
A. l. mutina Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

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

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