Appias leis subtuslutea Roepke

Swezey, O. H., 1942, Lepidoptera, Butterflies of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Biship Museum, pp. 31-38 : 36

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.