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Pieris naganum

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Naga white
Talbotia naganum karumii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Pieris
Species:
P. naganum
Binomial name
Pieris naganum
Moore, 1884

Pieris naganum, the Naga white, 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

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The upperside of the male is white with the costa of the forewing irrorated (speckled) with black scales up to two-thirds of its length from the base, and also at the apex and the termen to vein 3. Discocellulars with a crescent-shaped 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]

Hindwing 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 wingspan is about 54 mm.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd.