Project butterfly Mankulam Division

  Appias lalage lalage  (Doubleday, 1842)  ചുട്ടി പഫിൻ Malayalam Name  : ചുട്ടി പഫിൻ Family  : Pierridae Sub-family              : Pierinae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                  India and Indochina STATUS:    Not common HABITAT n  . HABITS T ts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Medium l size Black and white butterfly with wingspan 55-80 mm.     Wet-season brood:   Male. Upperside greyish-white; basal area of fore wing glossy.   Forewing with the base of costal border thickly irrorated with grey-black scales,  discocellular black spot present ,     Underside. Forewing greyish-white, the black discocellular spot and outer marginal band as on upperside, the band being narrowed anteriorly, the apical area being ochreoiis-...

Appias wardii (Moore, 1884)  കുഞ്ഞൻ ആൽബട്രോസ് Male Malayalam Name  : കുഞ്ഞൻ ആൽബട്രോസ് Family  : Pieridae Sub-family              : Pierinae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                  India STATUS:    HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Medium size white butter fly with wingspan 65-75 mm. The sexes are   dimorphic ; Wet-season form Male: The upperside of the male has the ground colour white. Forewing has the base densely and broadly irrorated with black scales which gradually merge along the costa into the black apical area that occupies about one-third of the wing, the inner margin of this area irregular, passing in a curve from costa to vein 4, thence vertically to vein 3 outwards in interspace 2 and irregularly to the dorsum; a curved preapical series of ...

Appias lyncida latifasciata Moore, 1881  നീർമാതള ശലഭം Malayalam Name  :  നീർമാതള ശലഭം Family  : Pieridae Sub-family              : Pierinae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                 South and Southeast Asia STATUS:    Common HABITAT HABITS The chocolate albatross is a forest butterfly and prefers rainy highlands, up to a level of 3,000 feet (910 m). Flying strongly and swiftly close to the ground, the albatross is frequently found in jungle clearings and along stream banks. The males are often found circling around trees and bushes. The chocolate albatross often  mudpuddles , sometimes in large numbers. IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES The chocolate albatross has a wingspan of 55 to 70 mm. The male is white above with chocolate-brown or black margins, and, b...

Appias (Catophaga) albina swinhoei (Moore, 1905)  ആൽബട്രോസ്   Malayalam Name  : ആൽബട്രോസ് Family  : Pieridae Sub-family              : Pierinae Tribe                      :   Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                  South Asia, S outheastern Asia, and Australia. STATUS:    HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Medium size white butter fly with wingspan 50-75 mm. The sexes are   dimorphic ; Wet-season form Males have the upper forewings irrorated (sprinkled) with black scales at the apex and anteriorly along the termen.  On the underside, the apex of the forewing and the whole surface of the hindwing are pale dull ochraceous, sometimes with a faint pinkish tint, but never pale yellow. females differ as follows: 1st form: On the upperside, the posterior tornal portion ...

Appias libythea (Fabricius, 1775)  വരയൻ ആൽബട്രോസ് Male Malayalam Name  : വരയൻ ആൽബട്രോസ് Family  : Pieridae Sub-family              : Pierinae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                  India STATUS:    HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Medium size white butter fly with wingspan 65-75 mm. The sexes are   dimorphic ; Wet-season brood:   Male. Upperside greyish-white. Forewing with black costal edge, and grey-black scaled irrorated basal costal border; Hindwing with very small indistinct blackish-scaled marginal vein-points, which are obsolete in some specimens that probably emerged near the dry season. Underside white. Forewing with the costal and outer edge slightly blackish; a few greyish-black scales along the base of costa. Hindwing unmarked. Fem...