Cepora judith

Cepora judith

C. j. lea (male upper and underside, female)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Cepora
Species:	C. judith
Binomial name
*Cepora judith* (Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
Papilio iudith Fabricius, 1787 Cepora iudith (Fabricius, 1787) Pieris lea Doubleday, 1846 Cepora iudith lea (Doubleday,1846) Cepora lea (Doubleday, 1846) Huphina lea continentalis Rober, 1927 Papilio aspasia Stoll, [1790] Huphina malaya Fruhstorfer, 1899 Huphina siamensis Butler, 1899 Cepora aora Pendlebury, 1933 Cepora talboti Corbet, 1937 Pieris jael Wallace, 1867 Pieris asterope Godart, 1819 Cepora asterope

Cepora judith is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It has no common name, although a subspecies is referred to as the orange gull. It is found in south-eastern Asia (see subspecies section).

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

Subspecies

C. j. judith (Java)
C. j. lea (Doubleday, 1846) (southern Burma)
C. j. malaya (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi, Singapore)
C. j. siamensis (Butler, 1899) (Thailand, Pulau Aur)
C. j. talboti Corbet, 1937 (Pulau Tioman)
C. j. amalia Vollenhoven, 1865 (Sumatra)
C. j. montana Fruhstorfer, 1899 (northern Borneo)
C. j. meridionalis Fruhstorfer, 1899 (south-eastern Borneo)
C. j. hespera Butler, 1899 (Sarawak, Labuan)
C. j. natuna Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Natuna Islands)
C. j. selma Weymer, 1885 (Nias)
C. j. ethel (Doherty, 1891) (Enggano)
C. j. naomi Wallace, 1867 (Lombok)
C. j. aga Fruhstorfer, 1902 (Sumbawa)
C. j. oberthueri Röber, 1892 (Flores)
C. j. eirene Doherty, 1891 (Sumba)
C. j. olga (Eschscholtz, 1821) (the Philippines)
C. j. anaitis Fruhstorfer, 1910 (north-western Luzon)
C. j. rhemia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Mindoro, Negros, Bohol)
C. j. poetelia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Cebu)
C. j. orantia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Mindanao)
C. j. olgina Staudinger, 1889 (Palawan)
C. j. zisca Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Basilan)
C. j. irma Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Jolo)
C. j. phokaia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Balabac)
C. j. jael (Wallace, 1867) (Buru, Ambon, Serang)
?C. j. emma Vollenhoven, 1865 (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan)
?C. j. aspasina Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Obi)
?C. j. hester Vollenhoven, 1865 (Waigeu)

Both Cepora aspasia and Cepora ethel are treated as a full species by some authors.

External links

C. j. lea info

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