Pieris naganum
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| Pieris naganum Moore, 1884 |
Naga White , Pieris naganum is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in Assam and the Naga hills in India and in Upper Myanmar.
[edit] Description
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Upperside of male is white with the costa of the forewing irrorated with black scales up to two-thirds of its length from the base, and also at the apex and the termen to vein 3. Discocelluars with a crescentic black mark; a large elongate black spot in the middle of the interspace 3 produced outwards and joining with the black on the termen.[1]
Hind wing uniform. The underside of the forewing white with the apex creamy white. Underside of the hindwing also ochraceous white.
Antennae black, speckled with white; head, thorax and abdomen above black and beneath white.
The wing expanse is about 54mm.
[edit] References
- ^ Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Vol 2.
