Sahyadri Cabbage White
Pieris canidia canis Evans, 1912 ചോല വെള്ളാട്ടി Malayalam Name : ചോല വെള്ളാട്ടി Family : Pieridae Sub-family : Pierinae Tribe : Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION Found throughout the Indian subcontinent. STATUS: It is a common species HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION FEATURES It has a small wingspan of 4 to 6 cm. The male is white to pale cream on its upperside. It is black from the apex to about the middle of the terminal margin. On the latter the black extends for a very short distance triangularly along the veins. There is a round black spot in interspace 3. The hindwing has a subcostal black spot and a series of four or five terminal black spots that vary in size at the apices of the veins. Underside:...