Catopsilia

Genus of butterflies

Catopsilia
Common emigrant, Jaipur, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Coliadini
Genus: Catopsilia
Hübner, [1819]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Murtia Hübner, [1819]

Catopsilia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae, commonly called migrants or emigrants.

Species

Ordered alphabetically.[1]

  • Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) – African emigrant, African migrant, or common vagrant
  • Catopsilia gorgophone (Boisduval, 1836) – yellow migrant
  • Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775) – common emigrant or lemon emigrant
  • Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) – mottled emigrant or white migrant
  • Catopsilia scylla (Linnaeus, 1763) – orange emigrant or orange migrant
  • Catopsilia thauruma (Reakirt, 1866) – Madagascar migrant

References

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Taxon identifiers
Catopsilia