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title: "Common Gull"
description: "Cepora nerissa — Insekten & Spinnen. Cepora nerissa, the common gull, is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is native to Sri Lanka, India, China, southeast Asia, and Indonesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/common-gull-cepora-nerissa
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Gull

> Cepora nerissa — Insekten & Spinnen. Cepora nerissa, the common gull, is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is native to Sri Lanka, India, China, southeast Asia, and Indonesia.

- Scientific name: *Cepora nerissa*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8057
- Wikidata: [Q2118701](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2118701)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51791](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51791)

## Names

- en: Common Gull

## Countries with the most observations

IN (5137), HK (1328), VN (139), TH (121), CN (106), TW (106), LK (80), ID (30), MM (19), MO (19), BD (16), KH (15)

## Summary

Cepora nerissa, the common gull, is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is native to Sri Lanka, India, China, southeast Asia, and Indonesia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepora_nerissa

## Photo

![Common Gull](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-gull-cepora-nerissa/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13775676

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-gull-cepora-nerissa?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).