Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe Great Orange Tip
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Subfamily:	Pierinae
Description:	Caterpillars feed on Crateva unilocularis. Wingspan ranges from 80 to 90mm. They occur from March to January of the following year.

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Common

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Widely distributed throughout Hong Kong Global Distribution NW India, Himalayas, Fujian, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China

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References

More on Butterfly in HK

Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999. The butterflies of Hong Kong. Academic Press.