it, but on what authority I do not know, from 'Northern India. Life history Larva. Larva feeds on Salvadora persica. The following is a description of it: "Pea-green when young, two black spots on the back of the head, a white mark almost the shape of an ace of diamonds, but rather longer, on the second segment; when older, the black spots on the head disappear and the white mark gets clearer and is outlined with black. There are two similar marks just beyond the centre of the back, the front one being the smaller, and another similar mark on the eleventh segment." (Nurse quoted in Bingham) Pupa. As figured is stout, pale brown, more or less mottled with darker brown, in shape mainly cylindrical, with the wing cases moderately developed; the head ends in a very sharp point. Subspecies C. p. phisadia (Mauritania, northern Senegal, Mali, north-eastern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Somalia, northern Ethiopia, western and southern Arabia) C. p. ocellatus (Butler, 1886) (Ethiopia) C. p. palaestinensis Staudinger, 1898 C. p. rothschildi (Sharpe, 1898) (Kenya) C. p. somalica Storace, 1948 (Somalia) C. p. vagus d’Abrera, 1980 (northern Uganda, northern Kenya) See also List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Pieridae) References Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 16 b spp. rothschildi Butterflies described in 1819 Fauna of Pakistan phisadia Butterflies of Africa Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Godart