Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Coliadinae > Gonepteryx
Gonepteryx amintha (Blanchard, 1871) – Orange Brimstone
Subspecies in India:
(1) Gonepteryx amintha thibetana Nekrutenko, 1968 – Himalayan Orange Brimstone
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Gonepteryx amintha thibetana – Himalayan Orange Brimstone
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
This is an addition to the checklist of butterflies of India, having erroneously been described from SE Tibet, Lalung, Pachakshiri as the type locality. However, Lalung is in Mechuka, West Siang, India. More details available at DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3278.4687-92
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
References:
Sanjay Sondhi & Purnendu Kumar Roy, 2013. Sightings of Gonepteryx amintha thibetana Nekrutenko, 1968 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Coliadinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India: an addition to Indian butterfly fauna erroneously placed in southeastern Tibet earlier. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 26 July 2013, Pp. 4687–4692
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2019. Gonepteryx amintha (Blanchard, 1871) – Orange Brimstone. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/2746/Gonepteryx-amintha
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