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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