Cepora nerissa | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Ceporanerissa,thecommongull,isasmalltomedium-sizedbutterflyofthefamilyPieridae,thatis,theyellowsandwhites,whichisnativetoSriLanka,India,​ ...

Species of butterfly

Cepora nerissa, the common gull,[1][2] is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is native to Sri Lanka, India, China, southeast Asia, and Indonesia.[1][2]

Male upperside: white, a greyish-blue shade at base of the wings and along the veins, due to the dark markings on the underside that show through. Forewing: veins black; apex and termen black, the inner margin of that colour extended in an irregular curve from middle of costa to base of terminal third of vein 4, thence continued obliquely outwards to the tornal angle; interspaces 6 and 9 with short narrow greyish-white streaks of the ground colour that stretch into the black apical area but do not reach the margin; a short black subterminal bar between veins 3 and 4 and another, less clearly defined, between veins 1 and 2. Hindwing: vein...