---
title: "Lemon Migrant"
description: "Catopsilia pomona — Insectos y arañas. Catopsilia pomona, the common emigrant or lemon emigrant, is a medium-sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/lemon-migrant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lemon Migrant

> Catopsilia pomona — Insectos y arañas. Catopsilia pomona, the common emigrant or lemon emigrant, is a medium-sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia.

- Scientific name: *Catopsilia pomona*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 27652
- Wikidata: [Q1768128](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1768128)
- iNaturalist taxon: [133443](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133443)

## Names

- en: Lemon Migrant

## Countries with the most observations

IN (9445), HK (3150), AU (2849), SG (1766), TW (1698), ID (826), TH (769), VN (501), CN (320), MY (265), KH (147), PH (145)

## Summary

Catopsilia pomona, the common emigrant or lemon emigrant, is a medium-sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia. The species gets its name from its habit of migration. Some early authors considered them as two distinct species Catopsilia crocale and Catopsilia pomona.

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

## Photo

![Lemon Migrant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lemon-migrant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15445649

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lemon-migrant?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).