Saturday 9 March 2013

Leptosia nina

The Psyche is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae and is found in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The upper forewing has a black spot on a mainly white background.
Scientific name: Leptosia nina
English Name : Psyche
Location: Bosila, Buriganga river, Dhaka

Fig. Leptosia nina

Upperside: white; base of wings very slightly powdered with minute black scales. Forewing: costa speckled obscurely with black; apex black, the inner margin of this inwardly angulate; a very large somewhat pear-shaped post-discal spot also black. Hindwing white, uniform; in most specimens an obscure, extremely slender, terminal black line.

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