Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1005-1006

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.4.997

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C08795-FFE9-9750-3339-06A6FDB86C87

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scientific name

Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Mottled Emigrant

Figure 6C

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-07, T-09 (Ta- ble 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. White to greenish-yellow; upperside dull white; underside mottled with light-brown or green lines; under hindwings with or without distinct red-ringed

silver spots at centre. Upperside of dry season forms with reddish-brown to blackish markings.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pieridae

Genus

Catopsilia

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