Catopsilia thauruma

Catopsilia thauruma, the Madagascar migrant, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Indian Ocean on Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.^[2] The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments.

Madagascar migrant
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Catopsilia
Species:	C. thauruma
Binomial name
Catopsilia thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
Callidryas thauruma Reakirt, 1866 Callidryas fiaduma Hewitson, 1867 Eronia grandidieri Mabille, 1877 Catopsilia decipiens Butler, 1880 Catopsilia grandidieri var. mauritania Le Cerf, 1916 Catopsilia mabillei Neustetter, 1929

The larvae feed on Cassia siamea.

References

1. Catopsilia, Site of Markku Savela
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subfamily Coliadinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-01.