Pieris naganum

Pieris naganum, the Naga white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in Assam and the Naga Hills in India and in Upper Myanmar.

Naga white
Talbotia naganum karumii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Pieris
Species:
P. naganum
Binomial name
Pieris naganum
Moore, 1884

Description
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

The upperside of the male is white with the costa of the forewing irrorated (speckled) with black scales up to two-thirds of its length from the base, and also at the apex and the termen to vein 3. Discocellulars with a crescent-shaped black mark; a large elongate black spot in the middle of the interspace 3 produced outwards and joining with the black on the termen.[1]

Hindwing uniform. The underside of the forewing white with the apex creamy white. Underside of the hindwing also ochraceous white.

Antennae black, speckled with white; head, thorax and abdomen above black and beneath white.

The wingspan is about 54 mm.

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See also

References
  1. Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd.
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