Cepora nerissa

Cepora nerissa

The Common Gull is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is native to India.
Common Gull Very docile, yet the best ones to click Cepora nerissa,Common Gull

Naming

*''C. n. cibyra''
⤷ ''C. n. coronis''
⤷ ''C. n. corva''
⤷ ''C. n. dapha''
⤷ ''C. n. evagete''
⤷ ''C. n. lichenosa''
⤷ ''C. n. nerissa''
⤷ ''C. n. phryne''
⤷ ''C. n. physkon''
⤷ ''C. n. sumatrana''
⤷ ''C. n. vaso''
⤷ ''C. n. yunnanensis''

''Cepora lichenosa'' is treated as a full species by some authors.
Up close <3  Cepora nerissa,Common Gull

Distribution

The N.W. Himalayas up to 4000 ft.; Nepal; Sikkim; Bhutan; Bengal: Central, Western and Southern India; Ceylon.
close up  Cepora nerissa,Common Gull

Reproduction

"Cylindrical, tapering at the anal end; finely white-dotted, with a lower lateral white line. Feeds on ''Capparis''." Seems to prefer only ''Capparis zeylanica'' in Pune.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusCepora
SpeciesC. nerissa
Photographed in
India
Sri Lanka