Cepora perimale

Cepora perimale
Cepora perimale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Cepora
Species: C. perimale
Binomial name
Cepora perimale
(Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Papilio perimale Donovan, 1805
  • Pieris lanassa Boisduval, 1836
  • Pieris rachel Boisduval, 1836
  • Pieris nabis Lucas, 1852
  • Pieris periclea Felder & Felder, 1865
  • Pieris narses Wallace, 1867
  • Belenois pallida Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Pieris hartei Ribbe, 1901
  • Pieris scyllara Macleay, 1826
  • Belenois dohertyana Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Belenois latilimbata Butler, 1876

The Caper Gull (Cepora perimale) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found on Norfolk Island and in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, Fiji, Irian Jaya, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

The wingspan is 40 mm.

The larvae feed on Capparis canescens, Capparis mitchellii and Capparis sepiaria.

Subspecies

  • Cepora perimale perimale (Norfolk Island)
  • Cepora perimale scyllara (Macleay, 1826) -Australian Gull (northern Australia to the Hunter River, New South Wales)
  • Cepora perimale pitys Godart, 1819 (Timor)
  • Cepora perimale wetterensis Grose-Smith (Wetar Island)
  • Cepora perimale pygmaea Röber, 1891 (Leti Island)
  • Cepora perimale pityna Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Damar Island)
  • Cepora perimale babberica Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Babar Island)
  • Cepora perimale consanguinea Butler (Tanimber Group)
  • Cepora perimale bolana Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Kai Island)
  • Cepora perimale perictione Felder, 1865 (Aru)
  • Cepora perimale wallaceana (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Waigeu)
  • Cepora perimale dohertyana (Grose-Smith, 1894) (West Irian to southern New Guinea)
  • Cepora perimale latilimbata (Butler, 1876) (Darnley Island, Papua)
  • Cepora perimale mithra Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Fergusson Island)
  • Cepora perimale chrysopis Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Neomfor Island, Geelvink Bay)
  • Cepora perimale leucophorus Grose-Smith, 1897 (Trobriand Islands)
  • Cepora perimale acrisa Boisduval, 1859 (New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands)
  • Cepora perimale quadricolor (Godman & Salvin, 1877) (New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, Duke of York Group)
  • Cepora perimale agnata Grose-Smith, 1889 (Guadalcanal, Roviana)
  • Cepora perimale discolor Mathew, 1887 (Ugi, Ulana Islands)
  • Cepora perimale macdonaldi (Ribbe, 1898) (Bougainville)
  • Cepora perimale maculata Grose-Smith, 1896 (New Britain)
  • Cepora perimale radiata Howarth, 1962 (Bellona Island, Somonons)

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