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Catopsilia thauruma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Catopsilia

Similar
  
Eurema floricola, Heteropsis narcissus, Catopsilia florella, Coeliades forestan, Catopsilia scylla

Catopsilia thauruma, the Madagascar migrant, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the Indian Ocean on Madagascar, Mauritius and RĂ©union. The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments.

The larvae feed on Cassia siamea.

References

Catopsilia thauruma Wikipedia