Description

• Common Name : Striped Albatross
• Scientific Name : Appias libythea (Swinhoe)
• Family : PIERIDAE
• Wingspan : 50-60mm
• Colour : Dusky white to yellowish with black or brown stripes. Two forms are found (i) libythea & (ii) Olferna
• Habit : Habit is more like Common Gull and Pioneer; they are fond of flowers like Lantana, Eupatorium etc., flies fast, males often seen drinking water from wet soil; found in dry deciduous forest and in bushy undergrowth of scrub jungles.
• Larval Host Plants : Cleome rutidosperma, Bombax ceiba
• Location : Throughout West Bengal

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