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Catopsilia pomona pomona​  (Fabricius, 1775)


Home > Insects​ > Lepidoptera - Butterflies > ​Pieridae > Catopsilia pomona pomona​

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Coliadinae
​Genus: Catopsilia
Species: pomona
Subspecies: pomona


  • Common name: Lemon Emigrant
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อหนอนคูนธรรมดา​
  • Distribution: Sri Lanka, India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, China, Formosa, Langkawi, W. Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Palawan, Philippines.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai, Chonburi
  • Additional notes: There are 7 colour forms (2 male, 5 female) of Catopsilia pomona pomona present in Thailand, male f. hilaria, male f. alcmeone, female f. pomona, female f. catilla, female f. jugurtha, female f. crocale, female f. nivescens
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Image locations

Images of Catopsilia pomona pomona from Thailand.
male f. alcmeone ​(Cramer, 1777)
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Catopsilia pomona pomona male f. alcmeone (Cramer, 1777) Nam Tok Tad Fa Chaiyaphum July 2015

male f. hilaria ​Stoll, 1718
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Catopsilia pomona pomona male f. hilaria (Stoll, 1718) Chonburi
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Catopsilia pomona pomona male f. hilaria (Stoll, 1718) Chiang Mai

female f. pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
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Catopsilia pomona pomona f. pomona (Fabricus, 1775) Chiang Mai
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Catopsilia pomona pomona f. pomona (Fabricus, 1775) Chiang Mai
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Catopsilia pomona pomona female f. pomona (Fabricus, 1775) Chaiyaphum
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Catopsilia pomona pomona Female form pomona (Fabricius, 1775) Phu Kieow Wildlife Reserve January

female f. catilla ​(Cramer, 1779)
Catopsillia pomona pomona f. catilla ​(Cramer 1779) Chom Thong Chiang Mai June 2015.jpg
Catopsillia pomona pomona f. catilla ​(Cramer, 1779) Chom Thong, Chiang Mai, June 2015

​female f. crocale (Cramer, 1775)
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Catopsilia pomona pomona female f. crocale (Cramer, 1775) Chaiyaphum
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Catopsillia pomona pomona female f. crocale (Cramer, 1775) Chaiyaphum

​Larva
Catopsilia pomona caterpillar,  Lemon Emigrant caterpillar.jpg
Catopsilia pomona pomona (Cramer, 1775) Chaiyaphum
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Catopsilia pomona pomona (Fabricius, 1775) Chaiyaphum August 2015

References: ​
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies
Wingscales
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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