Leptosia nina (Psyche)

This is Leptosia nina commonly named as Psyche. Actually, It remains me of Greek mythology about Psyche, wife of Eros, a beautiful goddess with butterfly wings.

I think, I often see this butterfly. It always comes to my garden and sucks the nectar of zinnia and some wildflowers such as Lindernia.

It flies low to the ground and slowly fluttering its wings. Maybe its also the reason why it sucks nectar from low vegetation.

Scientific Name	Leptosia nina
Common Name	Psyche
ID iNaturalist	24995328
Location	Sumedang, West Java
Gear	Samsung J5 (2015)
Date	March 2019
Classification
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Pieridae
Subfamily	Pierinae
Species	Leptosia
Subspecies	nina
Description	Underside: White, ornamented with the black dot on the apex. Upperside: White, with green lines. *Just like The Palm King, I think it hard to take their upper surface pictures. Because when it perched, it never opens its wings.

Glossary of Butterfly Morphology

(Butterfly of Singapore, 2018)

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