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Striped Albatross Butterfly (Female)
Appias olferna peducaea
14.33, 121.09
Field Notes
Description:
Appias olferna (Swinhoe, 1890) (D'A treats as subspecies of A.libythea, the Striped Albatross), is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae. Philippine subspecies is Appias olferna peducaea (Fruhstorfer, 1910), distributed in Bohol, Cebu, Jolo, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindoro, Mindanao, Negros, Palawan.
The Striped Albatross gets its name from the male butterfly, which is white with prominent black veins on the underside - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21668057. The female is dark dusted with yellow wing bases.
Habitat:
Backyard garden, spotted just before 5PM, on Bougainvillea leaves, after a slight afternoon rain has stopped.
Notes:
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedApril 18, 2013
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