Ixias marianne (Cramer, 1779) is a animal in the Pieridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ixias marianne (Cramer, 1779)

Ixias marianne (Cramer, 1779)

Ixias marianne, the white orange tip, is a species found across parts of South Asia with seasonally variable traits and larvae feeding on Capparis grandis.

Family
Genus
Ixias
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ixias marianne (Cramer, 1779)

This species, Ixias marianne, commonly called the white orange tip, has characteristics that vary depending on the season in which its eggs are laid. Its distribution ranges from the north-west Himalayas to Kumaon, Punjab, Bengal, as well as central, western, and southern India, and Sri Lanka. The larval food plant of this species is Capparis grandis, a caper shrub that belongs to the family Capparaceae.

Photo: (c) Dr. Raju Kasambe, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pieridae Ixias

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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