62. Ixias pyrene yunnanensis (The Yellow Orange Tip)

Number: 62

Family: Pieriidae
Sub-Family: Pieriinae

Species: Ixias pyrene yunnanensis Fruhstorfer, 1902

Common name(s): The Yellow Orange Tip

Photography location: Tam Dao foothills (Vinh Phuc Prov.)

Ixias pyrene yunnanensis is present in the north of the country,  I. pyrene verna in the center and south (Monastyrskii  & Devyatkin, 2016).

 Ixias pyrene yunnanensis with Cepora nadina (Lesser Gull) 


Ixias pyrene yunnanensis (in the center, yellow underwings) with Cepora nerissa (Common Gull), Cepora nadina (Lesser Gull) and Appias albina (Common Albatross)

Ixias pyrene yunnanensis feeding on flower nectar, showing well its underwing pattern