Caper Gull

Cepora perimale

The Caper Gull is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found on Norfolk Island and in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, Fiji, Irian Jaya, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

The wingspan is 40 mm.

The larvae feed on ''Capparis canescens'', ''Capparis mitchellii'' and ''Capparis sepiaria''.
Caper Gull (Cepora perimale latilimbata) Male  Australia,Cepora perimale,Fall,Geotagged

Naming

*''Cepora perimale perimale''
⤷ ''Cepora perimale scyllara'' -Australian Gull
⤷ ''Cepora perimale pitys'' Godart, 1819
⤷ ''Cepora perimale wetterensis'' Grose-Smith
⤷ ''Cepora perimale mentes''
⤷ ''Cepora perimale pygmaea'' Röber, 1891
⤷ ''Cepora perimale pityna'' Fruhstorfer, 1903
⤷ ''Cepora perimale babberica'' Fruhstorfer, 1903
⤷ ''Cepora perimale consanguinea'' Butler
⤷ ''Cepora perimale bolana'' Fruhstorfer, 1903
⤷ ''Cepora perimale perictione'' Felder, 1865
⤷ ''Cepora perimale wallaceana''
⤷ ''Cepora perimale dohertyana''
⤷ ''Cepora perimale latilimbata''
⤷ ''Cepora perimale mithra'' Fruhstorfer, 1903
⤷ ''Cepora perimale chrysopis'' Fruhstorfer, 1910
⤷ ''Cepora perimale leucophorus'' Grose-Smith, 1897
⤷ ''Cepora perimale acrisa'' Boisduval, 1859
⤷ ''Cepora perimale quadricolor''
⤷ ''Cepora perimale agnata'' Grose-Smith, 1889
⤷ ''Cepora perimale discolor'' Mathew, 1887
⤷ ''Cepora perimale macdonaldi''
⤷ ''Cepora perimale maculata'' Grose-Smith, 1896
⤷ ''Cepora perimale radiata'' Howarth, 1962

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusCepora
SpeciesC. perimale
Photographed in
Australia