Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini > Appias
Appias indra (Moore, [1858]) – Plain Puffin
Subspecies in India:
(1) Appias indra indra (Moore, [1858]) – Himalayan Plain Puffin
(2) Appias indra shiva (Swinhoe, 1885) – Sahyadri Plain Puffin
The subspecies shiva is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
- Photo Gallery
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Appias indra indra – Himalayan Plain Puffin
Appias indra shiva – Sahyadri Plain Puffin
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Drypetes oblongifolia (Kunte 2006; Robinson et al. 2010), Putranjiva roxburghii (Kunte 2006; Robinson et al. 2010) (Putranjivaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
The subspecies shiva is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
The subspecies shiva is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini > Appias
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Churi, P. 2021. Appias indra (Moore, [1858]) – Plain Puffin. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.15. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/691/Appias-indra
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