MORPHOLOGY

External characteristics

Male

Hindwings The black marginal border on the hindwing is vestigial. The hindwing underside is uniformly yellow coloured (Yata and Morishita, 1979).

Female

Subspecies and variation

Similar species

This species is similar to Appias cardena, but the black marginal border on the hindwing is vestigial (Yata and Morishita, 1979).