Number: 63
Family: Pieriidae
Sub-Family: Pieriinae
Sub-Family: Pieriinae
Species: Cepora nerissa nerissa (Fabricius, 1775)
Common name(s): The Common Gull
Photography location: Cuc Phuong N.P. (Ninh Binh Prov.)

Cepora nerissa (foreground), with Cepora nadina (The Lesser Gull)
The genus Cepora is represented in Vietnam by 3 species – nerissa, nadina and iudith (Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2016). Cepora iudith has only been recorded in the south of the country whereas the first two are widespread.
Cepora nerissa feeding on Bidens flowers
Cepora nerissa (foreground), with Cepora nadina (The Lesser Gull)
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