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.
Up close <3  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.
Common Gull Very docile, yet the best ones to click 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