Pieris naganum

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

Naga White , Pieris naganum 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.

Description

For terms used, see glossary of Lepidopteran terms.

Upperside of male is white with the costa of the forewing irrorated with black scales up to two-thirds of its length from the base, and also at the apex and the termen to vein 3. Discocelluars with a crescentic 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]

Hind wing 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 wing expanse is about 54mm.

References

1. ^ Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Vol 2.

See also

• Pieridae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)