The Plain Puffin, Appias indra plana (Butler)

The is a common butterfly in wooded areas at certain elevation but is not abundant like the Chocolate Albatross. It is often found puddling together with the Chocolate Albatross. As its name suggets, it has  rather plain black and white uppersides and slightly off white undersides, marked with a light yellow streak on its hindwings in pristine specimens. May display seasonal abundance.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
						x	x	x	x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
	S1	S1	S1

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
	S1	S1	S1	S1S2S3H	S1-S3	S1-S3	S1-S3	S1-S3	S1-S3	S1-S3	S1-S3

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S1

S1H

S1S2

S1

S5

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
	S1S2	S1S2	S2	S1S2	S1S2

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
			S1	S1S2	S1S2	S2	S2	S2	S2	S3S5	S3S5S12

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S3S12

2019
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
	S1

2020
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

20 April 2013 @ 14:59

20 April 2013 @ 15:10

20 February 2010 @ 12:59

01 May 2013 @ 12:33 - showing the uppersides in flight

Above  2 photos: 19 December 2013 @ 13:58

23 December 2013 @ 13:05

Above 2 photos: 12 Jan 2014 @ 11:08

A large puddling group 25 March 2014 @ 13:17

13:19

06 April 2014 @ 12:43

01 June 2016 @ 12:59

02 June 2016 @ 11:47

First arrivee of the season: 15 April 2017 @ 12:12

08 Feb 2019 @ 12:45