Mottled Emigrant

Mottled Emigrant

Catopsilia pyranthe

The Mottled Emigrant is a medium sized butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of Australia. The upperside is chalky-white, slightly tinted in some specimens with green. The fore wing is with or without a discocellular black spot.

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Regional Names

Malayalam:
തകരമുത്തി
Marathi:
ठिपकेवाला प्रवासी

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Taxanomy

LEPIDOPTERA
PIERIDAE
Catopsilia pyranthe

Quick Facts

As its name implies, these are migratory. Often long yellow ribbons consisting of several hundreds of both Common and Mottled Emigrants are seen flying across during migration.

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