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Striped Albatross Butterfly (Male)
Appias olferna peducaea
14.33, 121.09
Field Notes
Description:
The Striped Albatross gets its name from the male butterfly, which is white with prominent black veins on the underside. The female is dark dusted with yellow wing bases, just like in a previous spotting - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21566420.
Appias olferna (Swinhoe, 1890) (D'A treats as subspecies of Appias 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.
Habitat:
Backyard garden.
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