Cepora nerissa Fabricius

Pathania, P. C., Mangat, H. K. & Sidhu, A. K., 2018, Studies on butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 75-90 : 82-83

26. Cepora nerissa Fabricius (Photo 27a, b)

Cepora Nerissa Fabricius, 1775 . Syst. Ent.: 441.

Material examined: (13♂♂ 9♀♀). India: Punjab: PAU

5.xii.2012, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (2♂ 2♀), PAU,

2.xi.2013, Avi Kumar and P.C. Pathania (4♂ 3♀), PAU,

14.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (5♂ 3♀), GADVASU,

17.viii.2015, Sachin and Pathania (2♂ 1♀).

Distribution: It found in Ceylon, India, Burma, and Andaman Islands, north to Formosa, south to Sumbawa ( Bingham, 1907).

Host plant: Cadaba fruticosa , Capparis decidua , Capparis rheedii , Capparis sepiaria , Capparis zeylanica , Maerua oblongifolia ( Kunte, 2000) .

XX. Genus Ixias Hubner