Showing posts with label Hebomoia glaucippe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hebomoia glaucippe. Show all posts

Monday 8 April 2019

Hebomoia glaucippe (Great Orange Tip) - Sikkim Butterfly



Scientific classification
Kingdom:        Animalia
Phylum:           Euarthropoda
Class:               Insecta
Order:              Lepidoptera
Family:            Pieridae
Genus:             Hebomoia
Species:           H. glaucippe
Binomial name: Hebomoia glaucippe (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other Names: Great Orange-Tip

Special feature: The butterfly is yellow/orange and white. This species is found in much of south and Southeast Asia