Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus, 1764)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1007

Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus, 1764)

Yellow Orange-tip

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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.