PIERINAE , PIERIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Specimen: courtesy of the
The Australian Museum)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Specimen: courtesy of the
The Australian Museum)
The upper surfaces of the wings of the adult butterfly are white with black wingtips. The undersides are white with grey wingtips, and an lemon-yellow tinge at the base of each fore wing. The butterfly has a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species is found only on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria, in the north of Australia.
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(updated 18 October 1999)