#3152 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Lemon Migrant

Catopsilia pomona

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © sunnyjosef · CC BY 4.0
2. © Aravinth · CC BY 4.0
3. © Aravinth · CC BY 4.0
4. Shivalaya Society, Pashan, Pune, Maharashtra 411021, India:© Dhruva Punde · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Queen Mary's College:© Bavani Karthikeyan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 31 Southerden St, Sandgate QLD 4017, Australia:© Andrew Allen · CC BY 4.0
7. 701台灣台南市東區Unnamed Road:© i64076036 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 中山, 上海市, CN:© 零摄氏度可乐Sam · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. X6QP+3C4, Indian Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036, India :© Ashwin A · CC BY 4.0
10. G2QR+VXR, Visakhapatnam, Dosuru, Andhra Pradesh 531011, India:© A. Majalee · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Catopsilia pomona , the common emigrant or lemon emigrant , is a medium-sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia. The species gets its name from its habit of migration. Some early authors considered them as two distinct species Catopsilia crocale and Catopsilia pomona .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,516iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
28,516 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).