| Psyche or Black-spotted White PIERINAE, PIERIDAE, PAPILIONOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Biology Department of National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan)
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| Psyche or Black-spotted White PIERINAE, PIERIDAE, PAPILIONOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Biology Department of National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan)
This Caterpillar feeds on various plants from the family CAPPARACEAE including :
The adult butterflies have white wngs with a black wingtips, and an extra black spot by the tip of each forewing. Underneath: the wing patterns are similar, except the underside of each hindwing is pale yellow. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
Various subspecies occur throughout south-east Asia, for example in:
In Australia, the species has only been found in a small area of the north of
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, p. 320.
Johan Christian Fabricius,
Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta,
Volume 3, Part 1 (1793), p. 194, No. 604.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 6 January 2010, 29 December 2023)