Striped Albatross Butterfly (Female)

Description:

The Striped Albatross is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites. It gets its name from the male butterfly, which is white with prominent black veins on the underside. The female is dark dusted with yellow wing bases. The Appias olferna (Swinhoe, 1890), sometimes treated as a subspecies of Appias libythea, the Striped Albatross, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae. Philippine subspecies is Appias olferna peducaea (Fruhstorfer, 1910), distributed in Bohol, Cebu, Jolo, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindoro, Mindanao, Negros, Palawan.

Habitat:

Spotted on the leaves of the Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Peacock Flower plant, in the garden.

Notes:

Reference: http://pbh-butterflies.yolasite.com/phil...