| Ixias | |
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| Ixias pyrene | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Subfamily: | Pierinae |
| Tribe: | Pierini |
| Genus: | Ixias Hübner, [1819] |
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Ixias is a genus of pierid butterflies.
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Wingspan : 50-55 mm. The upperside of the wings of the Yellow Orange Tip is Yellow.
It is restricted to Sri Lanka and peninsular India and distributed throughout the plains and lowlands. It is common in dry deciduous forests, scrub and fallow lands and found throughout the year. However, it is more common during the monsoon and post-monsoon and considerably rare in the summer.