Bath White

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