Cepora nerissa

Common gull
Male, dry-season form
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Cepora
Species:
C. nerissa
Binomial name
Cepora nerissa
Fabricius, 1775
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Papilio nerissa Fabricius, 1775
  • Huphina nerissa
  • Papilio amasene Cramer, [1775]
  • Papilio coronis Cramer, [1775]
  • Huphina praetermissa Watkins, 1927
  • Huphina f. tairai Umeno, 1935
  • Appias dapha Moore, [1879]
  • Huphina vaso Doherty, 1891

Cepora nerissa, the common gull,[1][2] is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is native to Sri Lanka, India, China, southeast Asia, and Indonesia.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 79–80. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  2. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Cepora nerissa (Fabricius, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.