Pontia callidice

Lofty Bath white
Indian lofty Bath white (Pontia callidice kalora) at Chandratal Lake (14000 feet), near Manali, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Pontia
Species: P. callidice
Binomial name
Pontia callidice
Hübner 1799-1800
Synonyms

Synchloe callidice

Pontia callidice, the lofty Bath white or peak white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which occurs in the Palearctic zoogeographical region.

Description

Description from Bingham, C.T. (1907) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies, Volume 2:pp. 178–179 600. Pieris callidice
(=Pieris kalora, Moore, P.Z.S. 1865:449)

Male

Underside view of Indian lofty Bath white (Pontia callidice kalora)

Female

Expanse: 53–60 mm.

Range

Within India: NW Himalayas above 12,000 feet from Chitral to Mussoorie. Occurs also in the higher mountains of Europe; in Asia from the Altai to the Himalayas; and in China. (Bingham, 1907)

Habitat

High altitude in alpine meadows, above the treeline.

See also

References

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