Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe​  (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Coliadinae
​Genus: Catopsilia
Species: pyranthe
Subspecies: pyranthe

  • Common name: Mottled Emigrant
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อหนอนคูนลายกระ
  • Distribution: Sri Lanka, India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, China, Formosa, Japan, Langkawi, W. Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Moluccus.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai, Nakhon Si Thammarat
  • Additional notes: 
Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe image location map.jpg
Image locations
Images of Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe from Thailand.
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Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) Chiang Mai, 2013
Mottled Emigrant butterfly.jpg
Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) Chiang Mai, 2013
ผีเสื้อหนอนคูนลายกระ.jpg
Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) Chiang Mai, 2013
Mottled Emigrant butterfly in Thailand.jpg
Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) Chiang Mai, 2013
Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus 1758) Chaiyaphum.jpg
Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) Chaiyaphum
white butterfly from Thailand.jpg
Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) Chiang Mai, 2014
Catopsilia pyranthe caterpillar (Mottled Emigrant caterpillar.jpg
Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) Nakhon Si Thammarat, 2014
References: ​
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies
Wingscales