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Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe.jpg

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: 
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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
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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
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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