Appias lalage (Doubleday, 1842)

Appias lalage lalage ♂ Up. Appias lalage lalage ♂ Un. Appias lalage lalage ♀ Up. Appias lalage lalage ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Appias lalage lalage ♂ Up. Appias lalage lalage ♂ Un. Appias lalage lalage ♀ Up. Appias lalage lalage ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Pieris lalage Doubleday, 1842
OD : in Gray, Zool. Miscell. (2):76.
TL : "Silhet" [southern Khasia Hills, India ;
north of Sylhet, Bangladesh]. (NHML)
Distribution : N.India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
Vietnam, Tibet, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan.
Appias lalage lalage map

Synonyms

Pieris durvasa Moore, 1857 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1857(333):103-104, pl.44, fig.'4,♀'[recte 6,♂]. TL. "Darjeeling, Assam" [Darjeeling, N.India]. (NHML)
Catophaga pseudolalaga Moore, 1879 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879(1):142. TL. Sikkim, [N.India]. (NHML)
Hiposcritia argyridina Butler, 1885 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)16:340-341. TL. Valley of the Khõonah Khong, Eastern Ranges, Manipur, [NE.India]. (NHML)
Appias lalage durvasa ab. confluens Fruhstorfer, 1910 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:153. TL. Sikkim, [N.India]. (NHML) (IFS)
Appias lalage mutina Fruhstorfer, 1910 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:153, pl.59c. TL. "Tonkin" [N.Vietnam]. (NHML)


Type Materials Information

lalage ; ♀, Type (red), Silhet. (NHML, examined)
durvasa ; ♂, Type (red), Darjeeling. (NHML, examined)
pseudolalage ; 1♂ 1♀, Type (red), Sikkim. (NHML, examined)
argyridina ; ♂, Type (red), 8.Jan.[18]81, Manipur, Valley of Khüona Khong. (NHML, examined)
confluens ; ♂, Type, Sikkim. Fruhstorfer. (NHML, examined)
mutina ; 1♂ 1♀, Type, Apr.-Mai, Manson Mts., 2-3,000ft, Tonkin. H.Fruhstorfer (NHML, examined)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Appias lalage argyridina ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 153. (Siamese Shan States)
Appias lalage argyridina ; Godfrey,1916 : 115. (Siamese Shan States) by literatur Fruhstorfer, Seitz, 9:153.
Appias lalage argyridina ; Godfrey,1930 : 226. (Prae; Chiang Rai; Me Lamoung, West)
Appias lalage lalage ; Pinratana,1983 : 19, pl.15, figs.33,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Loei; Chaiyaphum)
Appias lalage lalge ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 154, pl.49, figs.Pi35,♂,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai: Chiang Dao)
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.50, figs.Pi37a♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Appias lalage lalge ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 159, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon; Phu Khiewo)
Appias lalage lalage ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 154, pl.49, figs.Pi35,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep)
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.50, figs.Pi37,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Appias lalage lalage ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chaiyaphum) (accessed: 2024.04.13)

[ LAOS ]
Appias lalage f. durvasa ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 20. (Laos)
Appias lalage f. argyridina ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 20. (Frontiere du Siam)
Appias lalage f. mutina ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 20. (Ban Sai)
Appias lalage lalage ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 50, pl.23, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng; Phatong)
Appias lalage lalage ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 202, pl.35, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xam Neua; Oudomxay)
Appias lalage lalage ; Onodera,2009b : 36-37. (Xieng Kouang: Nam Noen; Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Appias lalage lalage ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 42, pl.2, figs.Pi-32,♀,♀(Un). (Phou Samsoum)
Appias lalage lalage ; Onodera,2022 : 16, pl.65, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Lak Sao)

[ VIETNAM ]
Appias mutina ; Vitalis,1919 : 218. (Tonkin)
Appias lalage f. lalage ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 20. (Tonkin: Chapa; Hagiang)
Appias lalage f. mutina ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 20. (Tonkin)
Appias lalage lalage ; Metaye,1957 : 86. (N)
Appias lalage mutina ; Metaye,1957 : 86. (N)
Appias lalage lalage ; Metaye,1958b : 174. (Col du Da Troun)
Appias lalage lalage ; Luong et al.,2004 : 2, 33, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Appias lalage lalage ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 17. (N / C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 7♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 7♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 10♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 600 - 1800m) and is frequently found at hilltops. Males often come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Doubleday, E.,1842 : Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera.
Zool. Miscell. (J.E.Gray) (2):73-78, 1 cut.

Moore, F.,1857 : Description of some new Species of Lepidopterous Insects from Northern India
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1857(333):102-104, pl.44-45.

Moore, F.,1879 : Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879(1):136-144.

Butler, A.G.,1885 : On a collection of Lepidoptera made at Manipur and on the borders of Assam by Dr.George Watt.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)16:298-310, 334-347, pl.8.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : 2. Familie: Pieridae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
153-168. (2.Apr.1910)


Appias lalage lalage ♂ Appias lalage lalage ♂
♂ (center front), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

1996.10.31 - 2024.09.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.