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Lemon migrant butterfly - pale form showing pink spots on underside of wing.
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Lemon migrant on rondeletia flower.
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Lemon Migrant (Catopsila pomona) Kobble Creek, south east Queensland
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LEMON MIGRANT FACTS |
Identification
The Lemon Migrant butterfly has two color forms. The dark form is yellowish above and below, and female butterflies have a narrow brown border on outer edges of the upper wing surface. with is a medium cream or yellowish butterfly. The pale form is cream or white, and females have two silver spots surrounded by pink o the underside on hindwings. Caterpillars are green with creamy white lines alone each side.
Other Names
Cassia Butterfly
Size
wingspan 58mm
Habitat
wide variety of habitats including suburban gardens
Food
Caterpillars feed on Cassia fistula tree and other native Cassia.
Range
The Lemon Migrant is found across much of tropical Australia from Western Australia to Queensland, and throughout eastern parts of Queensland and New South Wales. Large migrations of Lemon Migrants sometimes occur with butterflies flying from south to north.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Pieridae | | Genus: | Catopsilia | | Species: | pomona | | Common Name: | Lemon Migrant |
Relatives in same Genus
White Migrant (C. pyranthe)
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