Sunday 2 August 2015

62. Ixias pyrene yunnanensis (The Yellow Orange Tip)

Number: 62
Family: Pieriidae
Sub-Family: Pieriinae
Species: Ixias pyrene yunnanensis Fruhstorfer, 1902
Common name(s): The Yellow Orange Tip
Photography location: Tam Dao foothills (Vinh Phuc Prov.)

Ixias pyrene yunnanensis is present in the north of the country,  I. pyrene verna in the center and south (Monastyrskii  & Devyatkin, 2016).

 Ixias pyrene yunnanensis with Cepora nadina (Lesser Gull) 


Ixias pyrene yunnanensis (in the center, yellow underwings) with Cepora nerissa (Common Gull), Cepora nadina (Lesser Gull) and Appias albina (Common Albatross)

Ixias pyrene yunnanensis feeding on flower nectar, showing well its underwing pattern

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