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Oriental Lemon Emigrant

Catopsilia pomona

Photo by Juan Manuel
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Field Notes

Description:

Looks like a pieridae. About 50 mm with the wings folded. There was many like this one. The plant is called here "banbgangsit" (Lantana camara), word that means smelly.

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Catopsilia
Species: C. pomona
Binomial name
Catopsilia pomona
Fabricius, 1775

Habitat:

Rural spot, close to the sea in a garden.

Notes:

Synonyms

Catopsila crocale

Species ID Suggestions

Lemon Emigrant

Catopsilia pomona

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