Himalayan Spot Puffin
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-...