Catopsilia thauruma: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Catopsilia
- Species
- Catopsilia thauruma
- Scientific Name
- Catopsilia thauruma
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Catopsilia thauruma
Catopsilia thauruma, the Madagascar migrant, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Indian Ocean on Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments.
The larvae feed on Cassia siamea.
...Catopsilia thauruma in languages:
- English
- Madagascar migrant
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