Pieris dubernardi chumbiensis
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Chumbi White, Pieris chumbiensis earlier considered a race of P. dubernardiis a small butterfly
of the Family Pieridae
, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in the Chumbi Valley
in Sikkim
in India.
Wing expanse of 54-58 mm.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of the Family Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in the Chumbi Valley
Chumbi Valley
Chumbi Valley is a valley in Tibet at the intersection of India , Bhutan and China in the Himalayas. Two main passes between India and China open up here: the Nathu La Pass and Jelep La Pass....
in Sikkim
Sikkim
Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...
in India.
Description
Male upperside ground colour is white. Fore wing has veins black, costal and terminal margins narrowly, apex more broadly, black ; the inner margin of the black at apex forms an even curve; a large round black spot in middle of interspace 3, the lower discocellular edged on either side with black and the base of the wing irrorated with black scales. Hind wing : with a dark greyish appearance due to the dark markings of the underside that show through by transparency; veins black ; a black costal spot a little before the apex, and the base of the wing heavily irrorated with black scales. Underside: fore wing white, veins edged with black scaling, the round black spot in interspace 3 as on the upperside; apex and terminal margin suffused w ith yellow that decreases posteriorly on the latter. Hind wing: yellow, all the veins very broadly edged with black that gives an appearance of streaks to the groundcolour; precostal area edged with deep cadmium-yellow. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen fuscous black. Female undescribed.Wing expanse of 54-58 mm.
See also
- PieridaePieridaeThe Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)