Tagiades gana | (Moore, [1866]) |
Male and female have a dark brown ground colour. The male has on the upperside of the forewing, three minute semi-transparent spots obliquely before the apex ; a transverse discal series of streaks, a small patch within the cell, one near the base of the wing, and exterior margin blackish ; hindwing with the lower third pure white which is straightly separated from the brown of the basal portion ; apical margin and three spots on the upper part of the disc, black, and two spots on the middle of the white anterior margin. Underside paler brown, semi-transparent spots on forewing as above : hindwing white suffused with brown along the anterior margin : upper discal and marginal spots as above black. Female paler. Upperside somewhat greyish-brown ; forewing with spots and blackish discal streaks, and hindwing with upper discal spots as in male : exterior margin of hindwing greyish-white. Underside as in male. Cilia of both sexes pure white on the lower portion of the hindwing, the rest brown.
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name English
Large Snow Flat English
Suffused Snow Flat ไทย
ป้ายขาวใหญ่ 中文
白边裙弄蝶
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Dioscoreaceae Dioscorea alata Purple yam
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy
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