Mottled Emigrant
Catopsilia pyranthe
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
Catopsilia pyranthe, the mottled emigrant, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae found in south Asia, southeast Asia, and parts of Australia. Description Male The upperside is chalky white, slightly tinted in some specimens with green. The forewing is with or without a discocellular black spot, that varies in size; costa and termen sometimes without a black margin; occasionally the costa has its apical third narrowly black, broadened slightly at the apex with black spots between the anterior veins; or again, the costa may be narrowly black, the apex very broadly so,…
Catopsilia pyranthe est une espèce d'insectes lépidoptères de la sous-famille des Coliadinae (famille des Pieridae). Dénomination Catopsilia pyranthe a été nommé par Carl von Linné en 1758. Noms vernaculaires Ce papillon se nomme en anglais Mottled Emigrant ou White Migrant.
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