Description

• Common Name : Bath White
• Scientific Name : Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus)
• Family : PIERIDAE
• Wingspan : 45-50mm
• Colour : Male white on UP, the underside of the hindwing has a pattern of greenish blotches
• Habit : Small white butterfly, Common at moderate elevations, between 1200 to 2700 nt, On the wing between March to Sept. Swift flier.
• Larval Host Plants : Lepidium virginicum, Sisymbrium altissimum,Sisymbrium irio.
• Location : North Bengal

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