Cepora nerissa dapha - Moore 1879    The Common Gull

female

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Wingspan : 40 - 50mm

Species details : The rarest of the Cepora species on Samui. It has the same habits as the common Cepora nadina.

Early Stages         : Known. More detailed life history information is available from the following resources: S. Igarishi - Life Histories of Asian Butterflies, Volume.1 , Page 305.

Larval Foodplant : Capparis species (Capparidaeceae)

Range                    : Sri Lanka, India, through the Malay Peninsular to the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi (Absent from Borneo)