Pontia chloridice
Encyclopedia
Lesser Bath White , Pontia chloridice is a small butterfly
of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in Asia. It is found in Chitral
and Ladakh
in Kashmir
and Pakistan
.
Male upperside ground colour white. The forewing has the discocellulars edged broadly with black on each side ; a short broad transverse preapical black bar from costa to vein 6 and another similar short bar further outwards from vein 6 to middle of interspace 4, followed by three outwardly-pointed, somewhat oval, black terminal spots just below the apex. Hind wing : uniform, unmarked. Underside : white. Fore wing : the markings as on the upperside, but those at apex green and with a few scattered superposed black scales on the upper preapical bar. Hind wing : basal area green, an oval white spot in middle of cell, a transverse white bar in middle of interspace 7, and the precostal area edged with white above ; beyond the cell is a highly sinuous, curved, discal, white band, followed by a complete series of longitudinally rectangular, white, terminal spots, the space between the discal band and the white spots green, this colour continued along the veins that separate the spots up to the termen. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen fuscous, the antennae with pale tips, the thorax with some white hairs ; beneath : head, thorax and abdomen whitish.
Female differs as follows :
Upperside, fore wing: the black edging to the discocellulars broader; a curved, postdiscal, irregular, macular, black band, the upper
three and lowest spot that compose it large, the spot in inter-space 2 small, sometimes subobsolete, the middle two spots of
the band coalescent outwardly with the series of terminal black spots, of which there are six (in the male these vary from 3 to 5).
Hind wing : an anterior, postdiscal, short, curved, macular, black band, often subobsolete, followed by a more or less complete
terminal series of spots at the apices of the veins. Underside : as in the male ; also the antennae, head, thorax and abdomen.
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, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in Asia. It is found in Chitral
Chitral
Chitral or Chetrar , translated as field in the native language Khowar, is the capital of the Chitral District, situated on the western bank of the Kunar River , in Pakistan. The town is at the foot of Tirich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindu Kush, high...
and Ladakh
Ladakh
Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India. It lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent...
in Kashmir
Kashmir
Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
and Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
Description
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for terms used
Male upperside ground colour white. The forewing has the discocellulars edged broadly with black on each side ; a short broad transverse preapical black bar from costa to vein 6 and another similar short bar further outwards from vein 6 to middle of interspace 4, followed by three outwardly-pointed, somewhat oval, black terminal spots just below the apex. Hind wing : uniform, unmarked. Underside : white. Fore wing : the markings as on the upperside, but those at apex green and with a few scattered superposed black scales on the upper preapical bar. Hind wing : basal area green, an oval white spot in middle of cell, a transverse white bar in middle of interspace 7, and the precostal area edged with white above ; beyond the cell is a highly sinuous, curved, discal, white band, followed by a complete series of longitudinally rectangular, white, terminal spots, the space between the discal band and the white spots green, this colour continued along the veins that separate the spots up to the termen. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen fuscous, the antennae with pale tips, the thorax with some white hairs ; beneath : head, thorax and abdomen whitish.
Female differs as follows :
Upperside, fore wing: the black edging to the discocellulars broader; a curved, postdiscal, irregular, macular, black band, the upper
three and lowest spot that compose it large, the spot in inter-space 2 small, sometimes subobsolete, the middle two spots of
the band coalescent outwardly with the series of terminal black spots, of which there are six (in the male these vary from 3 to 5).
Hind wing : an anterior, postdiscal, short, curved, macular, black band, often subobsolete, followed by a more or less complete
terminal series of spots at the apices of the veins. Underside : as in the male ; also the antennae, head, thorax and abdomen.
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)