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| Keywords: Catopsilia pomona 3 by kadavoor.jpg Catopsilia pomona 'crocale' female f jugurtha The Common Emigrant or Lemon Emigrant Catopsilia pomona is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia The species gets its name from its habit of migration This is a very variable species with many named forms There are two male forms f alcmeone and f hilaria and five female forms f pomona f crocale f jugurtha f catilla and f nivescens Of theses f alcmeone is the commonest male form and f crocale is the commonest female form for most of the year However during the months of May- July f jugurtha appears to be more common The remaining forms are present for most of the year but in lesser quantities The 'crocale' forms - antennae black above and underside of wings without silvery spots at the cell-ends Upperside creamy white wings with base of wings lemon-yellow Forewing apex margined thinly with black - male form alcmeone Cramer 1777 Upperside creamy white wings with costal margin of forewing and both termens bordered with black There is also black submarginal markings a black cell end spot on the forewing and wing bases are tinged with yellow - female form jugurtha Cramer 1777 Both wings have broad black distal borders bearing a series of large diffuse interneural whitish spots - female form crocale Cramer 1775 The 'pomona' forms - antennae red above and underside of wings with silvery spots outlined in red at cell-ends Resembles male form alcmeone However the lemon-yellow base is more restricted especially absent in the hindwing tornal area - male form hilaria Stoll 1781 Pale yellow wings with black bordering and reduced markings - female form pomona Fabricius 1775 Similar to form pomona but with white wings - female form nivescens Fruhstorfer 1910 Red blotches on the underside - female form catilla Cramer 1779 Taken at Kadavoor Kerala India Catopsilia pomona mâle à contre-jour Le Catopsilia pomona est un papillon Lepidoptera de taille moyenne de la famille des Pieridae que l'on trouve en Asie et dans certaines parties de l'Australie L'espèce tire ses noms en anglais « émigrant citron » et « émigrant commun » des ses habitudes de migration വി മഞ്ഞത്തകരമുത്തി പെണ് ശലഭം it Esemplare di Catopsilia pomona una farfalla della famiglia delle Pieridae diffusa in Asia e in parti dell'Australia 2012-09-02 14 24 08 own User Jkadavoor/author f discovery place Kadavoor state of Kerala India Kerala en Inde it Kadavoor Stato del Kerala India User Jkadavoor/cc0 2012 Pieridae Kadavoor <gallery> File Catopsilia pomona by kadavoor JPG Catopsilia pomona 'crocale' male f alcmeone File Catopsilia_pomona_2_by_kadavoor jpg Catopsilia pomona 'pomona' male f hilaria File Catopsilia pomona at Kadavoor jpg Catopsilia pomona 'pomona' male f hilaria File Catopsilia pomona in Kadavoor jpg Catopsilia pomona 'pomona' male f hilaria </gallery> User Jkadavoor/credit-cc0 2012 10 0 10 73 N 76 44 0 52 E Assessment Assessments 1 picture of the day 2013 04 14 Uploaded with UploadWizard Catopsilia pomona Featured pictures of insects Featured pictures of Kothamangalam Featured pictures by Jkadavoor Jee Images by Jkadavoor Jee Butterflies of Kadavoor Contre-jour photography | ||||
