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the Common Gull                    Photos at the bottom of the page

Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Pieridae - Pierinae - Cepora - nerissa (Fabricius, 1775)

wingspan - 40-50mm, wing colour - white/black/yellow, eye colour - grey, proboscis colour - black, antennae colour - white/black banded, abdomen colour - grey/white, leg colour - white/black

slight variations in appearance

Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Malaysia

all year, depending on location

deciduous forest, scrubland, and urban areas; up to 2000m a.s.l.

¦¦   egg    3 days   ¦¦   instar1    2-3 days   ¦¦   instar2    2-3 days   ¦¦   instar3    2-3 days   ¦¦   instar4    2-3 days   ¦¦
¦¦   instar5    3-4 days   ¦¦   pupa    6-8 days   ¦¦    Total egg-adult 21-28 days.   All times approximate.

multivoltine

Cadaba fruticosa, Capparis baducca, Capparis brevispina, Capparis cantoniensis, Capparis cleghornii, Capparis
decidua, Capparis grandis, Capparis heydeana, Capparis lanceolaris, Capparis micracantha, Capparis moonii,
Capparis roxburghii, Capparis sepiaria, Capparis spinosa, Capparis tenera, Capparis zeylanica, Cleome spinosa, Cleome viscose, Crateva adansonii, Crataeva religiosa, Maerua oblongifolia (Capparaceae).
Actual host plant used depends upon location and availabilty of plant species.

Nectar: Platostoma axillaris, Plectranthus barbatus, Premna serratifolia, Salvia leucantha, Vitex negundo (Lamiaceae), Ehretia laevis, Ehretia pubescens (Boraginaceae), Asclepias curassavica (Apocynaceae), Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), Acmella calva, Ageratina adenophora, Bidens pilosa, Chromolaena odorata, Galinsoga parviflora, Helichrysum bracteatum, Tagetes erecta, Tridax procumbens (Asteraceae), Cytisus scoparius, Tephrosea purpurea, Trifolium repens (Fabaceae), Oplismenus undulatifolius (Poaceae), Oxalis latifolia (Oxalidaceae), Sida acuta, Sida rhombidea (Malvaceae), Justicia japonica (Acanthaceae), Solanum nigrum (Solanaceae), Ophiopogon intermedius (Asparagaceae), Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae), Ixora coccinea (Rubiaceae).

Other: mud puddling, animal dung