Ward's Albatross/Sahyadri Albatross / lesser Albatross
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 ...