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P. demoleus(मिशांचे ल वर ल फलपुडी, ना खर) Pest on orange leaves and other
Rutacae. Wings black, big yellow spots and one red and blue ringed spot
in lower wing. Tailless. Exp. 80-100 mm. Larva changing colours, grey at
first, greenish white and then opaque green, irregular broad white mark on
back, sparse blunt spines. Pupates on host plant. G. agamemnon. Black
with a stumpy tail, bright green stripes and spots all over. Exp. 85-100
mm. G. nomius, Forewing with dark margin, white spots and dark bars.
Hindwing with black band, white crescents and grey patch at a corner.
Below red spots in centre. A sword like tail. Exp. 75-100 mm.
Fam. Pieridae (Whites and Yellows). Small to medium, white, yellow or
orange with black markings generally. Foreleg fully developed. Generally
inhabit open country. Larva cylindrical, smooth, slightl hairy tubercles.
Green with pale stripes. Feed in Capparidaceae. About 100 species
recorded in India, about 26 in Maharashtra.
L. nina. White, a spot and tip black in forewing. Delicate Exp. 35-50 mm.
D. eucharis. White, veins black, wing borders black, white elongate spots
in fore and reddish in hindwing. Below hindwing red spots. Exp. 66-83
mm. C. nerissa (var. phryne). White, wing veins black, black border to
forewing, white spots in corner. Hindwing with black terminal border.
Below yellow, veins green. Black markings more extensive in female.
Variable. Exp. 40-65 mm. C. nadina. Dusky white, forewing black at top,
hindwing border black. Female brownish black, central wing area white.
Under hindwing greenish with darker areas. Varies seasonally. Exp. 55-65
mm.
A. aurota. White, forewing apex black with white streaks, black arrow in
centre. Hindwing with white spotted black border. Female darker. Exp.
45-55 mm. A. libythea. White, forewing border black, arrow in centre.
Male with white steaks. Hindwing white. Female with black spotted
border. Exp. 50-60 mm. Migrant. I. marianne. White, forewing apex
orange, black borders, 4 black spots in female. Hindwing terminal border
black. Variable. Exp. 50-55 mm. I. pyreme. Similar to above but yellow,
female white or yellow, band of the same colour with 2 black spots on
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