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 | |
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| C. j. lea (male upper and underside, female) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Cepora |
| Species: | C. judith
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| Binomial name | |
| Cepora judith (Fabricius, 1787)
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The larvae feed on Capparis species.
Subspecies
edit- C. j. judith (Java)
- C. j. lea (Doubleday, 1846) (southern Burma)
- C. j. malaya (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi, Singapore)
- C. j. siamensis (Butler, 1899) (Thailand, Pulau Aur)
- C. j. talboti Corbet, 1937 (Pulau Tioman)
- C. j. amalia Vollenhoven, 1865 (Sumatra)
- C. j. montana Fruhstorfer, 1899 (northern Borneo)
- C. j. meridionalis Fruhstorfer, 1899 (south-eastern Borneo)
- C. j. hespera Butler, 1899 (Sarawak, Labuan)
- C. j. natuna Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Natuna Islands)
- C. j. selma Weymer, 1885 (Nias)
- C. j. ethel (Doherty, 1891) (Enggano)
- C. j. naomi Wallace, 1867 (Lombok)
- C. j. aga Fruhstorfer, 1902 (Sumbawa)
- C. j. oberthueri Röber, 1892 (Flores)
- C. j. eirene Doherty, 1891 (Sumba)
- C. j. olga (Eschscholtz, 1821) (the Philippines)
- C. j. anaitis Fruhstorfer, 1910 (north-western Luzon)
- C. j. rhemia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Mindoro, Negros, Bohol)
- C. j. poetelia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Cebu)
- C. j. orantia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Mindanao)
- C. j. olgina Staudinger, 1889 (Palawan)
- C. j. zisca Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Basilan)
- C. j. irma Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Jolo)
- C. j. phokaia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Balabac)
- C. j. jael (Wallace, 1867) (Buru, Ambon, Serang)
- ?C. j. emma Vollenhoven, 1865 (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan)
- ?C. j. aspasina Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Obi)
- ?C. j. hester Vollenhoven, 1865 (Waigeu)
Both Cepora aspasia and Cepora ethel are treated as a full species by some authors.
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