Appias lalassis indroides (Honrath)

This butterfly is a submontane and montane species but was found quite regularly from May onwards puddling in moist spots by the stream singly and sometimes in small numbers. It has a much more elongated forewings than A. indra, visibly curved at the apex but the uppersides has the same plain black and white colouring. The undersides ressemble that of the Great Orange Tip with brown mottling. They sometimes descend to the foothills in deeply wooded vicinities with water.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
						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

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

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S1

S1

S1S5

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
		S1			S1

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
				S1S21	S5	S5	S5

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

27 April 2013 @ 11:58

27 April 2013 @ 12:08

01 June 2013 @ 11:32

A peek of the plain uppersides: 15 December 2013 @ 11:41

In flight with full view of its uppersides: 09 March 2014 @ 12:31

01 May 2014 @ 12:33

01 May 2015 @ 11:28

 01 May 2015 @ 11:29

01 May 2015 @11:31

12 June 2015 @ 12:23 from mid-elevation

18 June 2016 @ 13:10

19 June 2016 @ 12:22

27 May 2017 @ 11:28


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Females visit flowers in exposed hill tops and gardens...

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Above pictures 12 August 2017