Western Striped Albatross
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...