Catopsilia pyranthe Linneaus

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 : 83-84

31. Catopsilia pyranthe Linneaus (Photo 32a, b)

Papilio pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat. I.1: 469.

Material examined: (16♂♂ 9♀♀). India: Punjab: PAU,

28.vii.2010, Vijay and P.C. Pathania (3♂ 3♀), PAU,

12.ix,2012, Sunita , Kritika and P.C. Pathania (2♂ 2♀) , PAU, 30.xi,2012, Sunita , Kritika and P.C. Pathania (3♂ 1♀) , PAU, 11.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (2♂ 1♀) , GADVASU, 17.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (1♂ 2♀) , Floriculture garden, 14.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (3♂) , CIPHET, 11.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (2♂) .

Distribution: It found throughout India; Assam; Burma; Tenasserim; not ascending the Himalayas to above 7000 ft. It extends to China on the east and as far as Australia southwards ( Bingham, 1907).

Host plant: Cassia auriculata , Cassia fistula , Cassia occidentalis , Cassia tora , Gnidia glauca , Sesbania bispinosa ( Kunte, 2000) .

XXIII. Genus: Colias Fabricius