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Pioneer White

Belenois aurota

2 Species ID Suggestions

Common Gull
Cepora nerissa Cepora nerissa


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6 Comments

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 12 years ago

bayucca is correct it's Pioneer White.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

I absolutely not have the impression that you are a beginner, Nowan!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 12 years ago

oh no! dayucca im not an expert, still a beginner :)
sorry for the wrong id Sachin.

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Thanks bayucca for sharing useful links to get perfect idea about species,
Updating the ID, thanks a lot,

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

I know I play now a very risky game, challenging an ID from an Asian expert which I am definitely not. I was first looking in Appias sp., noticed then the ID Common Gull and was missing this dominant black large stripe on the forewing. I know that there are different seasonal forms of Pioneers and also within the genus and species there is a great variability, so, please, check yourself and verifiy...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphaeis_a...
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Asia/I...
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo2...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidlev/40...
http://www.google.ch/imgres?q=Anaphaeis+...
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=...

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Thanks Nuwan for ID help,

Sachin Zaveri
Spotted by
Sachin Zaveri

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Spotted on Apr 6, 2012
Submitted on Apr 6, 2012

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