Hebomoia glaucippe, the great orange-tip, is a butterfly belonging to the family Pieridae, that is the yellows and whites. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and Wallacea. Distribution This species is found in much of south and southeast Asia, as well as in southern China and southern Japan. Subspecies Hebomoia glaucippe has the following 28 subspecies: H. g. glaucippe (northern India, China Hainan), Cambodia H. g. anaxandra Fruhstorfer (Kalao) H. g. anomala Pendlebury, 1939 (Pulau Aur) H. g. aturia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (southern Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore) H. g. aurantiaca Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Obi) H. g. australis Butler, 1898 (southern India) H. g. borneensis (Wallace, 1863) (Borneo) H. g. celebensis (Wallace, 1863) (Sulawesi) H. g. ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Ceylon) H. g. chewi Morita, 2006 H. g. cuyonicola Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Cuyo Islands) H. g. erinna Fruhstorfer (Philippines Mindanao) H. g. felderi (Vollenhoven, 1865) (Morotai) H. g. flavomarginata Pagenstecher, 1896 (Sumba) H. g. formosana Fruhstorfer (Taiwan) H. g. javanensis (Wallace, 1863) (Java) H. g. liukiuensis Fruhstorfer, 1898 (Japan) H. g. lombockiana Butler, 1878 (Lombok) H. g. palawensis Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Philippines) H. g. philippensis (Wallace, 1863) (Philippines) H. g. reducta Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Philippines) H. g. roepstorffi Wood-Mason, 1880 (Andamans) H. g. sulaensis Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Sula Islands) H. g. sulphurea (Wallace, 1863) (Bachan) H. g. sumatrana Hagen, 1890 (Sumatra) H. g. theia Nishimura, 1987 H. g. timoriensis (Wallace, 1863) (Timor) H. g. vossi (Maitland, 1859) (Nias) Gallery of subspecies Description The following descriptions are true for much of its range. There are subspecies that differ, such as H. g. vossi where the white is replaced by pure yellow. Wet-season brood In the males the upperside is creamy white. Forewing: the costa narrowly, the apex and terminal margin to middle of interspace 1 are black. An irregular, somewhat sinuous, black band extends obliquely from beyond the middle of the costa across the upper apex of the cell, and meets at interspace 1 the black on the terminal margin. Within the triangle thus formed is enclosed a rich orange-red patch that is traversed by the black veins and bears in interspaces 3 to 6 a postdiscal series of black inwardly elongated spots. Hindwing: nearly uniform, touched with black on the terminal margin anteriorly and with a conspicuous postdiscal black spot in interspace 7. In some specimens there are one or two smaller spots in continuation of the series in the interspaces below. The underside is white.