Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India
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Sidat, Azaz
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Bhatt, Urjit
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Ixias pyrene
(Linnaeus, 1764)
Yellow Orange-tip
Figure 6J
Material examined.
INDIA
•
Gujarat
, Bharuch dis- trict, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 (
Table 1
); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, indus- trial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with sur- rounding wetland plants.
Identification.
Male upperside yellow with black apical half enclosing a large orange band on forewing; upper hindwing with black border; Underside yellow in both sexes with brown blotches; female white or yellow on upperside; white female with white apical band; upper- side black areas more extensive, yellow female with api- cal band reduced in size and bearing two black spots; white form common in southern
India
.