Cepora nerissa (Fabricius, 1775)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1008

Cepora nerissa (Fabricius, 1775)

Common Gull

Figure 7E

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-05, T-08, T-09 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Male upper forewing white with dusky vein marks; black border along outer edge often with white spots; female upperside with extensive black mark- ings and dark veins; underside whitish yellow with black veins; under forewing white, yellow apex and leading edge; under hindwing pale or dark yellow; wet season forms are bright yellow and deep black, whereas dry sea- son forms are yellow to pale brown.

Family Lycaenidae

Commonly known as Blues; majority of species have blue uppersides and threadlike tails; forelegs are non- functional due to their small size.