Cepora judith (Fabricius, 1787)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Pierinae → tribe Pierini → genus Cepora → species Cepora judith
Species name(s)
Cepora judith (Fabricius, 1787) = Papilio iudith Fabricius, 1787 = Papilio aspasia Stoll, [1790] = Cepora aspasia = Cepora iudith = Cepora idith. [9]
The Orange Gull.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Java, Burma, Malaysia, Langkawi, Singapore, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines. [9].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 45-55 mm. They were known in 2-3 subspecies,Leafrom S. Myanmar, Northeast Thailand and East Thailand; Malayafrom Peninsular or South Thailand - Malaysia andsiamensisfrom Northeast Thailand (Mukdahan) and Laos.
This butterfly is easily recognized by bright yellow-orange at tornal half of UpH. Female has darker veins and broader black borders and additional square spot in mid-space 9 of FW. (Remark forsiamensisin Pinratana on which is mentioned in "Butterflies of Siam" byEJGodfrey in Nat. Hist. Soc. SiamVol. II, №2, 1916) [144].
Larva food plants / other food objects
Subspecies of Cepora judith
- Cepora judith aga (Fruhstorfer, 1903). [9]
- C. j. amalia (Vollenhoven, 1865). [9]
- C. j. anaitis Fruhstorfer. [9]
- C. j. aspasina (Fruhstorfer, 1904). [9]
- C. j. eirene (Doherty, 1891). [9]
- C. j. emma (Vollenhoven, 1865). [9]
- C. j. ethel Doherty. [9]
- C. j. hespera Butler. [9]
- C. j. hester (Vollenhoven, 1865). [9]
- C. j. irma Fruhstorfer. [9]
- C. j. jael (Wallace, 1867). [9]
- C. j. judith. [9]
- C. j. lea (Doubleday, 1846). [9]
- C. j. malaya (Fruhstorfer, 1899). [9]
- C. j. meridionalis Fruhstorfer. [9]
- C. j. montana (Fruhstorfer, 1899). [9]
- C. j. naomi (Wallace, 1867). [9]
- C. j. natuna (Fruhstorfer, 1899). [9]
- C. j. oberthueri (Röber, 1891). [9]
- C. j. olga (Eschscholtz, 1821). [9]
- C. j. olgina Staudinger. [9]
- C. j. orantia Fruhstorfer. [9]
- C. j. phokaia Fruhstorfer. [9]
- C. j. poetelia Fruhstorfer. [9]
- C. j. rhemia Fruhstorfer. [9]
- C. j. selma (Weymer, 1885). [9]
- C. j. siamensis (Butler, 1899). [9]
- C. j. talboti Corbet, 1937. [9]
- C. j. zisca (Fruhstorfer, 1899). [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov, Svetlana Shchavelina.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
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