Tree Yellow ♂
Gandaca harina mindanaensis
14.15, 121.23
Field Notes
Description:
The male Tree Yellow, Gandaca harina mindanaensis Fruhstorfer 1910 (Pieridae; Coliadinae). This is the ssp. existing in the Philippines excluding Basilan, Calamian, Palawan, Sulu archipelago. It is pale lemon-yellow and its underside has without any markings, entirely featureless, but from afar, it can be mistaken for a Eurema sp. Its upperside has a narrow black apical border on the forewing, with the female having a dentate projection along vein 4.
Habitat:
Spotted mudpuddling on the bank of the Molawin River, traversing the Makiling Botanic Gardens, a 300-hectare protected forest park, situated at the lower elevations of the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve's Molawin-Dampalit watershed in Los Baños, Laguna.
Notes:
Related Spotting of a Female Tree Yellow - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/47986045.
Reference: http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2015/11/life-history-of-tree-yellow…
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