Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini > Cepora
Cepora nerissa (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Gull
Subspecies in India:
(1) Cepora nerissa nerissa (Fabricius, 1775) – Chinese Common Gull
(2) Cepora nerissa phryne (Fabricius, 1775) – Dakhan Common Gull
(3) Cepora nerissa dapha (Moore, 1878) – Indo-Chinese Common Gull
(4) Cepora nerissa lichenosa (Moore, 1877) – Andaman Common Gull The subspecies dapha is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
- Photo Gallery
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Cadaba fruticosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Capparis baducca (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Capparis brevispina (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Capparis cleghornii (Saji & Ogale 2018), Capparis decidua (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Capparis sepiaria (Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis zeylanica (Kunte 2006; Robinson et al. 2010), Crateva adansonii (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Maerua oblongifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Capparaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
The subspecies dapha is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini > Cepora
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Saji, K. and H. Ogale. 2021. Cepora nerissa (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Gull. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/515/Cepora-nerissa