is found from the north-west Himalayas to Kumaon, Punjab, Bengal, central, western and southern India and Sri Lanka. Food plants The food plant for the larvae is Capparis grandis, a caper shrub in the family Capparaceae. See also List of butterflies of India (Pieridae) References Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Pieter Cramer Butterflies described in 1779 Teracolini