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Catopsilia florella (African Emigrant)

Synonyms: Callidryas florella; Callidryas hyblaea; Callidryas rhadia; Papilio florella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Catopsilia florella, the African migrant, African emigrant, or common vagrant, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in Africa (including Madagascar), the Canary Islands, Sri Lanka, India, Burma, and China. The wingspan is 54–60 mm for males and 56–66 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round. From South Africa, adults migrate from summer to autumn. They fly in a north-eastern direction. The larvae feed on Senna occidentalis, Senna septentrionalis, Senna petersiana, Senna italica, Cassia javanica, and Cassia fistula.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  2.756 inches (.07 m)

Prey / Diet

Cassia fistula (Pudding-pipe Tree)[2]
Senna alata (emperor's candlesticks)[2]
Senna occidentalis (Arsenic Bean)[2]
Senna petersiana (Dwarf Cassia)[2]

Predators

Alcimus setifemoratus[3]
Alcimus stenurus[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Borghesio, L., & Wagura, L. The Common Butterflies of the Mathews Range, Cheli & Peacock Community Trust
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0