Catopsilia scylla cornelia - Fabricius 1787    The Orange Emigrant

Species details : An unmistakeable species, even when flying. It has pale cream forewings and bright orange hindwings  which show up clearly, even from a distance. The underside is uniformly orange.

This is the rarest of the three Catopsilia species found on Samui. It is less likely to be found in gardens, preferring leafy roadside edges.

Early Stages         : Known. More detailed life history information is available from the following resources: S. Igarishi - Life Histories of Asian Butterflies, Volume.1 , Page 291.

Larval Foodplant : Cassia sp and Tephrosia candida

Range                    : S. Burma, through the Malay Peninsular and along the Indonesian Archipelago, the Moluccas to Australia. However, it is absent from Borneo.