Cepora perimale

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Caper gull
Cepora perimale scyllara.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Cepora
Species:
C. perimale
Binomial name
Cepora perimale
(Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Papilio perimaleDonovan, 1805
  • Pieris lanassaBoisduval, 1836
  • Pieris rachelBoisduval, 1836
  • Pieris nabisLucas, 1852
  • Pieris pericleaFelder & Felder, 1865
  • Pieris narsesWallace, 1867
  • Belenois pallidaGrose-Smith, 1894
  • Pieris harteiRibbe, 1901
  • Pieris scyllaraMacleay, 1826
  • Belenois dohertyanaGrose-Smith, 1894
  • Belenois latilimbataButler, 1876

Cepora perimale, the caper gull, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on Norfolk Island and in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, Fiji, Irian Jaya, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

The wingspan is 40 mm.

The larvae feed on Capparis canescens , Capparis mitchellii and Capparis sepiaria . In Australia, they have also been recorded to lay on Capparis lucida.

Cepora perimale scyllara ovipositing Cepora perimale perimale.jpg
Cepora perimale scyllara ovipositing
Four subspecies of Cepora perimale: C. p. mentes, C. p. consanguinea, C. p. wetterensis and C. p. leucophorus GroseSmithKirby1892RhopExotPierinaeHuphinaI.jpg
Four subspecies of Cepora perimale: C. p. mentes, C. p. consanguinea, C. p. wetterensis and C. p. leucophorus

Subspecies


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