Catopsilia florella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Catopsilia
- Species
- Catopsilia florella
- Scientific Name
- Catopsilia florella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Catopsilia florella
Catopsilia florella, the African migrant, African emigrant, or common vagrant, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Africa (including Madagascar), Arabia (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman) and the Canary Islands. Like Catopsilia pomona, this species also has a habit of migration. Many early authors mentioned the presence of this species in Asia; but those were probably due to confusion arises as Catopsilia pyranthe females exhibit a lot of seasonal variations. Catopsilia florella is not included as a species in India in any recent checklists.
The wingspan is 54–60 mm for males and 56–66 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round. From South Africa, adults migrate from summer to autumn. They fly in a north-eastern direction.
The larvae feed on Senna occidentalis, Senna septentrionalis, Senna petersiana, Senna italica, Cassia javanica, and Cassia fistula.
...Catopsilia florella in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Afrikaanse Migreerder
- Danish
- Grapesommerfugl
- Dutch
- Gele trekvlinder
- English
- African Migrant
- English
- African Emigrant
- English
- Common Vagrant
- French
- Piéride du cassier
- French
- Africain jaune
- Hebrew
- לבנין הכאסיה
- Japanese
- アフリカウスキシロチョウ
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