Pieris naganum
| Naga white | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Pieris |
| Species: | P. naganum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pieris naganum Moore, 1884 | |
Naga white (Pieris naganum) is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in Assam and the Naga hills in India and in Upper Myanmar.
Description
Upperside of male is white with the costa of the forewing irrorated with black scales up to two-thirds of its length from the base, and also at the apex and the termen to vein 3. Discocelluars with a crescentic black mark; a large elongate black spot in the middle of the interspace 3 produced outwards and joining with the black on the termen.[1]
Hind wing uniform. The underside of the forewing white with the apex creamy white. Underside of the hindwing also ochraceous white.
Antennae black, speckled with white; head, thorax and abdomen above black and beneath white.
The wing expanse is about 54 mm.
References
- ↑ Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Vol 2.