''Cepora'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
, commonly called gulls, in the family
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...
. The genus contains about 20
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
shared between the
Indomalayan and
Australasian realms.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
''Cepora''
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*'' Cepora abnormis'' (Wallace, 1867) – Papuan gull
*'' Cepora aspasia'' (Stoll, 790
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*'' Cepora bathseba'' (Snellen, 1902)
*'' Cepora boisduvaliana'' (C & R Felder, 1862)
*'' Cepora celebensis'' (Rothschild, 1892)
*'' Cepora eperia'' (Boisduval, 1836) – Sulawesi gull
*'' Cepora eurygonia'' (Hopffer, 1874)
*'' Cepora fora'' (Fruhstorfer, 1897)
*'' Cepora himiko'' Hanafusa, 1994
*'' Cepora judith'' (Fabricius, 1787) – orange gull
*'' Cepora julia'' (Doherty, 1891)
*'' Cepora kotakii'' Hanafusa, 1989
*'' Cepora laeta'' (Hewitson, 1862) – Timor gull
*'' Cepora licea'' (Fabricius, 1787) – Nias gull
*''Cepora nadina
''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 Species description, first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. It is native to Sri Lanka, India, M ...
'' (Lucas, 1852) – lesser gull
*''Cepora nerissa
''Cepora nerissa'', the common gull, is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is native to Sri Lanka, India, China, southeast Asia, and Indonesia.
Description
Wet-season brood
Male u ...
'' (Fabricius, 1775) – common gull
*'' Cepora pactolicus'' (Butler, 1865)
*''Cepora perimale
''Cepora perimale'', the caper gull, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on Norfolk Island and in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Western Australia, Fiji, Irian Jaya, Maluku Isl ...
'' (Donovan, 1805) – caper gull, Australian gull
*'' Cepora temena'' (Hewitson, 1861)
*'' Cepora timnatha'' (Hewitson, 1862)
*'' Cepora wui'' Chou, Zhang & Wang, 2001
References
Tree of Life web project
External links
Images representing ''Cepora''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Images representing ''Cepora''
at Encyclopedia of Life
Pierini
Pieridae genera
Taxa named by Gustaf Johan Billberg
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