Bug FAQGreat Orange Tip
Hebomoia glaucippe · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Pieridae
Males have a creamy-white upperside with a restricted orange patch on the forewing formed by streaks and orange spots. It lives across the Indomalayan realm, Wallacea, much of South and Southeast Asia, southern China and southern Japan.
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How to recognize it
Males are creamy white on the upperside; the orange forewing patch is limited to streaks in interspaces 3-6 and 10, with black-incised tips and a row of hastate orange spots beyond.
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Does it bite or sting?
The wings contain glacontryphan-M, a peptide toxin similar to that of cone snails. This toxin likely serves as a defence against predators.
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Where it lives
Found in the Indomalayan realm and Wallacea. Also occurs throughout much of South and Southeast Asia, southern China and southern Japan.
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What it eats
Eggs are laid on plants in the Capparaceae family such as Crataeva religiosa and several Capparis species.
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Life cycle
The larva is subcylindrical, tapered at both ends, dark green with a lateral bluish line and minute red spots; legs are green with black borders. Eggs are deposited on the same Capparaceae host plants listed for diet.
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Where it comes from
Its native range includes the Indomalayan realm and Wallacea.
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Lookalikes
Some subspecies, like H. g. vossi, have pure yellow instead of white coloration.
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More photos
Same family (Pieridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebomoia_glaucippe
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