Mottled emigrant

Catopsilia pyranthe

"Catopsilia pyranthe", the mottled emigrant, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae found in south Asia, southeast Asia, and parts of Australia.
Mottled Emigrant Butterfly (Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe) - sucking nectar on the Zinnia flower  Catopsilia pyranthe,Geotagged,Indonesia,Mottled emigrant,Summer

Evolution

The host plants of the species include "Cassia" species, "Gnidia glauca", "Senna" species, "Crotalaria" species, "Ormocarpum cochinchinense", "Sesbania" species and "Colocasia".

The development period from egg to adult is 22 to 29 days allowing up to 11-12 generations a year.

Larva: "Long, somewhat depressed, rough, green, with a white lateral line and above it a black line more or less conspicuous, formed by minute black shining tubercles. In short, this larva in very like a big specimen of a "Eurema hecabe"".

Pupa: "Much stouter (i.e. than that of "Eurema hecabe", and the keel formed by the wing-cases much less pronounced. The normal colour is pale green with a yellow lateral line. We have never found it on any plant except "Senna occidentalis". It habitually rests on the upperside along the midrib, like almost all Pierine larvae." Davidson and Aitken, quoted in Bingham.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusCatopsilia
SpeciesC. pyranthe
Photographed in
Indonesia
Malaysia