Lepidoptera, Butterflies of Guam
Author
Swezey, O. H.
Experiment Station Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Associantion, Honolulu
text
1942
1942-06-01
Bernice P. Biship Museum
Honolulu, Hawaii
Insects of Guam I
31
38
book chapter
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5160043
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11.
Appias leis subtuslutea Roepke
.
Catophaga leis
Hübner and Geyer
,
Zutr. Samml. Ex. Schm.
4
:
37
, figs. 771, 772,
1832
.
Appias leis subtuslutea
Roepke
,
Rhopalocera javanica
12
:
66
, pl. 9, figs. 12,
15,
1935
.
Ritidian Pt., April 22, Bryan;
Tarague, May 17, Swezey;
Machanao, June 7, Swezey.
This butterfly has a wide distribution, the typical form in Java, and several subspecies in
India
, Andamans, Nicobar, Sunda Islands,
Moluccas
, New
Guinea
,
Australia
, South
Sea
islands. The subspecies subtuslııtea occurs in west java. It is particularly distinguished by the hindwing of the female being entirely chrome yellow beneath, as is also the forewing at apex beyond the black bar. Of the few specimens collected in Öuam, the best female agreed with this coloration and the figures in Rhopalocera javanica cited above. This species was not previously recorded from
Guam
, and was quite rare.