The Common Gull is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the Family Pieridae that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is native to India and Southeast Asia. It is a common butterfly. Habitat and habitat is mainly in drier plains, around cultivated farms and scrub forests. Common Gull is known to migrate and is seen on forests. Common Gull can fly upto a very high altitude in Himalayas as well as Western Ghats.

The butterfly is very strong in flight near the ground. After a long flight, it rests on an exposed leaf or bush. They feed on flowers of Tridax procumbens, Sida rhombifolia, Alternanthera and Lantana.

Wingspan of common gull is 40-65 mm. Male is medium sized black, white and yellow simply colored butterfly. It is somewhat subjected to seasonal dimorphism, the wet season form being darker and slightly larger than the dry season form.

The upper side of Male is creamy white with black veins. The apex and the marginal areas along the costa and termen are black, embedded with cream colored markings. The dark markings of the underside hind wing show through faintly on the upper side. The underside of the common Gull is ground color of the hind wing is creamy yellow in contrast to its similar species and the veins are broadly lined with light brown to dark gray scales. The forewing is similarly marked, but the ground color is mostly white.

Female is similar to male. However, the female may be distinguished from the male by the more extensive black markings on both wings and the wider black markings on the veins. Also on the upper side, it has a wide black band that completely surrounds cell.

Large number of common gull is seen mud puddling in hot weather. Male common gull butterflies drinking moisture from sand. This behavior, known as mud-puddling, is the way in which butterflies obtain salts and nutrients. Males imbibe mineralized moisture from wet sand, and also visit dung. When not feeding they spend most off their time perching at the top of bushes, usually keeping their wings closed.