Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus)

Arigela, Ravi Kiran, Kathula, Tarun, Kumar, Ramesh, Deroliya, Purushottam Kumar, Jeevith, S. & Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2024, Tephrosia purpurea, the potential nectar source for the butterflies in Jodhpur, an arid zone of Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 9, pp. 85-108 : 96

21) Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus) – Mottled Emigrant ( Fig. 3H – Appendix 1)

General range of occurrence: south Asia, southeast Asia, and parts of Australia ( Varshney, Smetacek, 2015)

Occurrence and status in India: Very common

Host plants of the larvae: Cassia fistula L., C. javanica L., Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg , Ormocarpum cochinchinense (Lour.) Merr. , Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb., S. obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby, S. occidentalis (L.) Link, S. sophera (L.) Roxb., S. sulfurea (DC. ex Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby , S. tora (L.) Roxb., Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.Wight , S. grandiflora (L.) Poir., S. sesban (L.) Merr. ( Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Kunte, 2000, 2006; Robinson et al., 2010)

Figures

Fig. 3. Butterflies. A. Junonia orithya Linnaeus; B. Azanus ubaldus Stoll; C. Zizeeria karsandra Moore; D. Azanus uranus Butler; E. Catochrysops strabo Fabricius; F. Freyeria putli Kollar; G. Belenois aurota Fabricius; H. Catopsilia pyranthe L. (Photo. Ravi Kiran Arigela)