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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
Cepora nerissa – Common Gull
Cepora nerissa dapha – Indo-Chinese Common Gull
Cepora nerissa lichenosa – Andaman Common Gull
Cepora nerissa nerissa – Chinese Common Gull
Cepora nerissa phryne – Dakhan Common Gull
Behavioural images
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.
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
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