Ixias pyrene (Yellow Orange Tip) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Pieridae

Genus:                  Ixias

Species:                 I. pyrene

Binomial name:    Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus 1764)

Other Names:  Yellow Orange Tip

Special feature:  This species is most common among the genus Ixias. They are ten species in numbers.