Cepora nerissa (Fabricius, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Pierinae → tribe Pierini → genus Cepora → species Cepora nerissa

Species name(s)

Cepora nerissa (Fabricius, 1775) = Papilio nerissa Fabricius, 1775 = Pieris hira Moore, 1865 = Pieris copia Wallace, 1867 = Huphima nerissa = Cepora nerissa nerissa = Papilio coronis Cramer, [1775 = Papilio amasene Cramer, [1775. [9, 187]

The Common Gull.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Detailed information with references

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan 40-50 mm. Male UP is white, FW dark at apex, with dark veins and a black spot in space 1b and a larger square spot in space 3, HW veins darkened especially at the end of veins and dark at border; UN pale or dark yellow especially at base of HW and costal area of FW, veins heavily outlined by dark green, markings variable according to the wet or dry seasons, generally fader in dsf. (The dry season form) than in wsf. (The wet season form). Female is similar, but with broader and darker markings. [144].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Capparis zeylanica, Capparis sepiaria, Cleome spinosa [144].

Subspecies of Cepora nerissa

Cepora nerissa cibyra Fruhstorfer. [9]
C. n. coronis (Cramer, [1775]). [9]
C. n. corva (Wallace, 1867). [9]
C. n. dapha (Moore, [1879]). [9]
C. n. dissimilis (Rothschild, 1892). [9]
C. n. evagete (Cramer, [1779]). [9]
C. n. lichenosa Moore. [9]
C. n. nerissa. [9]
C. n. phryne (Fabricius, 1775). [9]
C. n. physkon Fruhstorfer. [9]
C. n. sumatrana (Hagen, 1894). [9]
C. n. vaso (Doherty, 1891). [9]
C. n. yunnanensis Mell. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Anna Gerasimova, Alex Dumchus.

Text data: Svetlana Shchavelina.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org