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Striped Albatross Butterfly

Appias libythea

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

White with prominent black veins on the underside...thus, the name.

Habitat:

Shyamkhola, an area where urban Kolkata is swiftly encroaching.

Notes:

This one is a male. females look different with a touch of fuzziness and yellow.

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Comments (2)

Thanks Chief, this simple white butterfly is my 1515th spotting.

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