Cepora nadina (Lucas, 1852)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Cepora nadina (Lucas, 1852) = Pieris nadina Lucas, 1852 = Huphina liquida Swinhoe, 1890 = Huphina nadina = Cepora nadina nadina = Huphina nama eunama Fruhstorfer, 1903. [9, 187]

The Lesser Gull.

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Detailed information with references

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan 45-55 mm. Male UP is white, dark at apex of FW and border of HW, the inner edge of dark border on FW evenly curved; UN white on FW with rich yellow green to yellow brown except dark brown veins at FW apex and HW. Female UP is dark brown, FW with broad white patches covering most of cell, spaces 3 and 2, HW with a white patch at the cell and in space 6. [144].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Crateva adansonii [144].

Subspecies of Cepora nadina

Cepora nadina andamana Swinhoe. [9]
C. n. andersoni (Distant, 1885). [9]
C. n. cingala Moore. [9]
C. n. eunama (Fruhstorfer, 1903). [9]
C. n. fawcetti (Butler). [9]
C. n. hainanensis (Fruhstorfer, 1913). [9]
C. n. nadina. [9]
C. n. remba (Moore, [1858]). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

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

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