Cepora perimale

Cepora perimale, the caper gull, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.

It is found on Norfolk Island and in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, Fiji, Irian Jaya, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

The larvae feed on Capparis canescens, Capparis mitchellii and Capparis sepiaria.

In Australia, they have also been recorded to lay on Capparis lucida.

This Pieridae-related article is a stub.

Cepora perimale scyllara ovipositing
Four subspecies of Cepora perimale : C. p. mentes , C. p. consanguinea , C. p. wetterensis and C. p. leucophorus