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Catopsilia pomona
The Common Emigrant or Lemon Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona) is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia. I guess this one is a male...
My garden
Spotted on Nov 30, 2014
Submitted on Nov 30, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks malcom. I got the ID from the experts on ButterflyIndia. Seems the Emigrants have many different forms here and I have seen several of them in my garden.
Hi Pamsai, this looks like a Clouded Yellow but the list for Tamil Nadu only has one species which does not look like yours:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_butterflies_of_Tamil_Nadu#Genus_Colias.E2.80.94The_Clouded_Yellows and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Clo...