Hebomoia glaucippe aturia - Fruhstorfer 1910   The Great Orange Tip

                                                                                                                                                                                                 İKhew SK

 upperside                  Male                 underside
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Wingspan : 70 - 90mm

Species details : This is the largest of all Pieridae in Asia, and quite unmistakeable, even on the wing. This species is found throughout most of South-East Asia and there are many different subspecies.

A species of the lowlands, it can be found throughout the Island, but the common males can mostly be found on the edges of forests and by streams. The rarer females, however, rarely leave the confines of the forests.

Early Stages         : Known. More detailed life history information is available from the following resources: S. Igarishi - Life Histories of Asian Butterflies, Volume.1 , Page 289.

Larval Foodplant : Crateva religiosa and Capparis moonii (both Capparidaeceae)

Range                    : Peninsular Thailand and Mainland Malaysia. (Other subspecies are found in Northern India, throughout Indo-China and along the Indonesian Archipelago).