There are two species of Emigrant Butterflies. They are Common Emigrant or Lemon Emigrant (Catopsila ponona) and Mottled Emigrant (Catopsila pyranthe).
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Catopsilia
Species: C. pomona
MY OBSERVATIONS
Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram
15-12-2010 – Collected a caterpillar with black lines in the side of the body
17-12-2010 - Transformed to pupa
25 12-2010 – Emerged. It is a common emigrant butterfly. It takes 7days to become adult
It takes 8 days to become adult
30-12-2010 – Collected a caterpillar with white lines in the body
03-01-2011 – Transformed to pupa
09-01-2011 - Emerged in the morning. It was mottled emigrant female butterfly
It takes 6 days to become Adult
HOST PLANT: Cassia fistula (‘Kanikkonna’ in Malayalam)
There are some eggs of this butterfly still in the plant
The Egg
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