underside seen through by transparency, the transverse broad subbasal band and dorsal patch both pale yellow and much broader than in the male, and the postdiscal curved series of hastate spots obscure and ill-defined. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the male, the abdomen whitish grey below and on the sides. Wingspan is 66–90 mm. Distribution Nepal; Sikkim; Assam; Myanmar; Tenasserim; to the south extending through the Malay Peninsula to Borneo; to the east through the Shan States to Thailand and southern China. Life history Food plants Buddleja, Camellia sinensis, Citrus maxima, Dendrophthoe glabrescens, Loranthus parasiticus, Loranthus pentandrus, Loranthus yadoriki, Nauclea rotundifolia, Santalum album, Taxillus chinensis, Taxillus limprichtii, Taxillus nigrans and Taxillus parasiticus. Larva Brownish red, each segment with a transverse row of long bristles, The outer bristles black, the middle yellow. Length about 2 inches. Found in March feeding on the young leaves of the binga tree (Nauclea rotundifolia). Pupa Very dark reddish brown or black, smooth, sinuate; head with three sharp points and a broad truncation in front; segments of the abdomen and the front with small acute tubercular projections. See also Pieridae List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Pieridae) References External links Redbase Jezebel mud-puddling pasithoe Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Singapore Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies described in 1767 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus