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Catopsilia florella
The African Migrant, African Emigrant, or Common Vagrant (Catopsilia florella) 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, and Senna italica.
Several of them are seen mud-puddling in this photo. Puddling is a behavior peculiar only to papilionidae and pieridae family of butterflies, males specifically. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud-puddlin...
Spotted on May 25, 2013
Submitted on Jul 4, 2013
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