Aporia harrietae
Encyclopedia
Bhutan Blackvein , Aporia harrietae is a midsized to large butterfly
of the Family Pieridae
, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in Bhutan
and possibly in India
.
The male is has black on the upper side of the wings with a thin white streak at the base of the forewing margin and a large and pointed whitish patch in the basal part of the discoidal cell and another patch in interspace 1. A series of oval spots are present along the edge. The hindwing has the basal veins white with black sides
Hind wing has the veins on the basal half of the wing defined with white, broadly margined on
both sides with black ; the discoidal cell almost entirely creamy-white ; there is a very narrow costal and a wide subcostal streak, then five spots one in each interspace beyond the cell, that in
the second median interspace (interspace 3) the smallest ; two elongated streaks in the submedian interspace (interspace 1), the inner one almost reaching to the margin of the wing, the outer
one reaching to about halfway between the base of the wing and the margin ; two basal white streaks occupying the whole of the interspaces divided by the internal vein (vein 1 a) ; marginal diffused spots as in the fore wing, but each spot divided into two by the black internervular fold. Underside : differs from the upperside only in having on the outer margin from the costa to the second median vein (vein 3) a decreasing series of duplicated white streaks, one pair in each interspace, a small white spot in the two following interspaces. Hind wing has at the extreme base of the wing within the precostal nervure the usual bright yellow patch characteristic of the genus ; all the creamy-white markings of the upperside are pale yellow ; the markings differ from those on the upperside by the presence of a pair of elongated wedge-shaped pale yellow streaks in each interspace, each streak has its apex pointed, its base (which is placed on the outer margin) broad. Cilia of both wings on both sides black.
Female differs from the male only in being somewhat paler throughout.(Lionel de Nicéville
quoted in Bingham)
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 Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
and possibly in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Description
- See glossaryGlossary of Lepidopteran termsThis glossary describes the terms used in the formal descriptions of insect species, jargon used mostly by professionals or entomologist....
for terms used
The male is has black on the upper side of the wings with a thin white streak at the base of the forewing margin and a large and pointed whitish patch in the basal part of the discoidal cell and another patch in interspace 1. A series of oval spots are present along the edge. The hindwing has the basal veins white with black sides
Hind wing has the veins on the basal half of the wing defined with white, broadly margined on
both sides with black ; the discoidal cell almost entirely creamy-white ; there is a very narrow costal and a wide subcostal streak, then five spots one in each interspace beyond the cell, that in
the second median interspace (interspace 3) the smallest ; two elongated streaks in the submedian interspace (interspace 1), the inner one almost reaching to the margin of the wing, the outer
one reaching to about halfway between the base of the wing and the margin ; two basal white streaks occupying the whole of the interspaces divided by the internal vein (vein 1 a) ; marginal diffused spots as in the fore wing, but each spot divided into two by the black internervular fold. Underside : differs from the upperside only in having on the outer margin from the costa to the second median vein (vein 3) a decreasing series of duplicated white streaks, one pair in each interspace, a small white spot in the two following interspaces. Hind wing has at the extreme base of the wing within the precostal nervure the usual bright yellow patch characteristic of the genus ; all the creamy-white markings of the upperside are pale yellow ; the markings differ from those on the upperside by the presence of a pair of elongated wedge-shaped pale yellow streaks in each interspace, each streak has its apex pointed, its base (which is placed on the outer margin) broad. Cilia of both wings on both sides black.
Female differs from the male only in being somewhat paler throughout.(Lionel de Nicéville
Lionel de Nicéville
Charles Lionel Augustus de Nicéville was a curator at the Indian Museum in Calcutta . He studied the butterflies of South Asia and wrote a three volume monograph on the butterflies of India, Pakistan, Burma and Sri Lanka.Born in a noble Huguenot family, his father was a physician. He was educated...
quoted in Bingham)
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)