Cepora judith, the Orange Gull, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It has no common name, although a subspecies is referred to as the orange gull. It is found in south-eastern Asia (see subspecies section).

Cepora judith
C. j. lea (male upper and underside, female)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Cepora
Species:
C. judith
Binomial name
Cepora judith
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Papilio iudith Fabricius, 1787
  • Cepora iudith (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Pieris lea Doubleday, 1846
  • Cepora iudith lea (Doubleday,1846)
  • Cepora lea (Doubleday, 1846)
  • Huphina lea continentalis Rober, 1927
  • Papilio aspasia Stoll, [1790]
  • Huphina malaya Fruhstorfer, 1899
  • Huphina siamensis Butler, 1899
  • Cepora aora Pendlebury, 1933
  • Cepora talboti Corbet, 1937
  • Pieris jael Wallace, 1867
  • Pieris asterope Godart, 1819
  • Cepora asterope

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

Subspecies

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Both Cepora aspasia and Cepora ethel are treated as a full species by some authors.

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