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Appias indra
just have this one shot, hoping this angle is enough for ID, pretty sure about the ID.
monsoon forest
Spotted this along a road through Alas Purwo national park.
Spotted on Dec 27, 2013
Submitted on Nov 2, 2014
3 Comments
I appreciate the searching catgrin. A. indra looks like a pretty good match to me.
Did some more hunting, and the best match I could find (limited resources) was "Appias indra" a.k.a. the "Plain Puffin Butterfly" - but it's still not quite right. I don't have access to illustrations of all species in the genus.
Butterflies in the genus Appias have wet and dry season coloration, so if you're hunting for a match on your own, watch out for pics that include yellows and oranges - they're probably the wrong season colors.
http://eol.org/pages/172848/overview
It looks similar to Appias paulina (upper forewing very similar to female), but the hindwings are lacking patterning. I would look in that genus.