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Appias lyncida lepidana

Photo by John B.
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Field Notes

Description:

Pieridae; Pierinae; Appias lyncida lepidana Fruhstorfer 1910. "The PIERINAE are a Group of butterflies in the family Pieridae (order Lepidoptera) that are named for their white wings with black marginal markings. The adult butterflies have a wingspan of 37 to 63 mm (1.5 to 2.5 inches). Sexual seasonal dimorphism in pattern and colour occur in many species." Philippine Lepidoptera. The specimens shown here are males.

Habitat:

I spotted the first two of these male Appias lyncida lepidana specimens on a Tropical Whiteweed (Ageratum conyzoides) in our farm. The third was spotted on a stand of Bamboo (Bambusa sp.) nearby.

Notes:

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Comments (2)

Hi jazz.mann, nice to hear from you again. I would have loved to see the Tarsiers, but its one of those things that I kept putting off until it was too late. I am getting to be rather long in the tooth now for travelling. Of course I see them on Nat. Geo on T.V. but it would be wonderful to see them in reality. I can stiil get around a little (but never too far from the house) and luckily we have nice plants all around and rice fields and some forest at the back. So many creatures visit me. I don't have to visit them. But everything is just fine like this because I have my own little catalogue with many creatures which keeps me busy uploading as many as I can to Project Noah - something else I had been putting off for a rainy day. I am enjoying doing this and it keeps the old grey matter turning over. Thanks again for keeping in touch. John B.
Hi John: Did you get further south in the Philippines to see the Tarsiers? https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/818731636

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