Ixias pyrene

Yellow orange tip
Yellow Orange-tip, Male from Buxa Tiger Reserve
Yellow Orange-tip, Female from Buxa Tiger Reserve
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Ixias
Species:
I. pyrene
Binomial name
Ixias pyrene
Linnaeus, 1764

Ixias pyrene, the yellow orange tip, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in Sri Lanka, India and southeast Asia.