Cepora perimale

Caper gull
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

Cepora perimale, the caper gull, 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.

Four subspecies of Cepora perimale: C. p. mentes, C. p. consanguinea, C. p. wetterensis and C. p. leucophorus

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