| Whites and Yellows are medium
size butterflies. Wings are mainly white and yellow in colour with black and red
markings. Flying speed ranges from medium to high. Like visiting flowers for nectar. |
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| Red-base
Jezebel
(Delias pasithoe)
Medium size. Very common and can
be seen all year round. The population of this butterfly species will suddenly
increase in winter. It is much less frequently seen in summer. |
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| Great
Orange Tip (Female)
(Hebomoia glaucippe)
Large size. Common
and can be seen all year round. The largest Whites and Yellows in Hong Kong. Easily
distinguished by the large triangular orange marking at the wing tips. Female
has a series of black markings along the hindwing margins. | |
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Orange Tip (Male)
(Hebomoia glaucippe)
Large size. Common
and can be seen all year round. Male has no black marking along the hindwing margins. |
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| Indian
Cabbage White
(Pieris canidia)
Medium size. Common and can
be seen all year round. One of the commonest butterflies in Hong Kong. |
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Lemon Emigrant
(Catopsilia pomona)
Medium size. Common and can be seen all
year round. Very active and seldom stops. A world famous migratory species. |
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Mottled Emigrant
(Catopsilia pyranthe)
Medium size. Common and can be seen
all year round. Very active and seldom stops. Usually paler than Lemon Emigrant. |
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Three-spot
Grass Yellow
(Eurema blanda)
Small size. Uncommon and can
be seen all year round. Flying speed low and seldom stops. Its hindwings are rounder
and smoother than those of Common Grass Yellow. | |
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Common Grass
Yellow
(Eurema hecabe)
Small size. Very common and can be
seen all year round. Flying speed low and seldom stops. Its hindwings are more
angular than those of Three-spot Grass Yellow. | |
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