Catopsilia
Encyclopedia
Catopsilia is a genus
of butterflies
in the family
Pieridae
, commonly called Emigrants.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of butterflies
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
, commonly called Emigrants.
Species
Ordered alphabetically.- Catopsilia florellaCatopsilia florellaThe African Migrant, African Emigrant, or Common Vagrant is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in Africa , the Canary Islands, Sri Lanka, India, Burma, and China....
(Fabricius, 1775) – African Emigrant, African Migrant, or Common Vagrant - Catopsilia gorgophone (Boisduval, 1836) – Yellow Migrant
- Catopsilia pomonaCatopsilia pomonaThe Common Emigrant or Lemon Emigrant is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia. The species gets its name from its habit of migration. Some early authors considered them as two distinct species Catopsilia crocale and Catopsilia pomona.-Description:The species has...
(Fabricius, 1775) – Lemon Emigrant, Lemon Migrant, or Common Emigrant - Catopsilia pyrantheCatopsilia pyrantheThe Mottled Emigrant, Catopsilia pyranthe, is a medium sized butterfly of the Family Pieridae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of Australia.-Male:The upperside is chalky-white, slightly tinted in some specimens with green...
(Linnaeus, 1758) – Mottled Emigrant or White Migrant - Catopsilia scyllaCatopsilia scyllaCatopsilia scylla, the Orange Migrant or Orange Emigrant, is a species of butterfly that lives in South East Asia and Australasia. Its larvae feed predominantly on plants of the genera Cassia and Senna.-Description:...
(Linnaeus, 1763) – Orange Emigrant or Orange Migrant - Catopsilia thauruma (Reakirt, 1866) – Madagascar Migrant