Subspecies in India
(1) Cepora nerissa nerissa (Fabricius, 1775) – Chinese Common Gull
(2) Cepora nerissa phryne (Fabricius, 1775) – Dakhan Common Gull
(3) Cepora nerissa dapha (Moore, 1878) – Indo-Chinese Common Gull
(4) Cepora nerissa lichenosa (Moore, 1877) – Andaman Common Gull
Conservation and Special status
The subspecies dapha is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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The subspecies dapha is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Haryana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 11 | |
| Kerala | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 15 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 36 | 20 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Sikkim | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total | 25 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 53 | 89 | 63 | 38 | 57 | 67 | 64 | 61 |
Cadaba fruticosa, Capparis aphylla, Capparis baducca, Capparis brevispina, Capparis cleghornii, Capparis decidua, Capparis heydeana, Capparis sepiaria, Capparis zeylanica, Crateva adansonii, Maerua oblongifolia (Capparaceae) (Nitin et al. 2018; Robinson et al. 2010).
Key References:
Key References:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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Page citation
Saji K., H. Ogale, and R. P. Mahajan 2023. Cepora nerissa (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Gull. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/cepora-nerissa, accessed 2023/06/02.