Cepora nadina

Lesser gull
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Cepora
Species:
C. nadina
Binomial name
Cepora nadina
(H. Lucas, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Pieris nadina H. Lucas, 1852
  • Huphina nadina
  • Huphina liquida C. Swinhoe, 1890
  • Pieris amba Wallace, 1867
  • Appias amboides Moore, 1884
  • Pieris nama Moore, [1858]
  • Appias andersoni Distant, 1885
  • Huphina hainanensis Fruhstorfer, 1913

Cepora nadina, the lesser gull, is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. It is native to Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Hainan, and southeast Asia.

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