Common Castor Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Ariadne merione
Family : Nymphalidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Hill,forests
Description : The Common Castor is a butterfly with yellowish-brown colored wings.The upperside of wings has multiple parallel black transverse lines. The underside of the wings is similar, although more brown than orange, and shows transverse broader grey-brown bands.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Vagrans sinha
(Vagrant) -
Hypolimnas bolina
(Great Eggfly) -
Tanaecia lepidea
(Grey Count) -
Elymnias malelas
(Spotted Palmfly) -
Mycalesis lepcha
(Lepcha Bushbrown) -
Kallima inachus
(Orange Oakleaf) -
Pantoporia paraka
(Perak Lascar) -
Phalanta phalantha
(Common Leopard) -
Melanitis leda
(Common Evening Brown) -
Neptis harita
(Dingiest Sailer)
References:
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Bingham, C.T.907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 2;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Bingham, C.T.907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 2;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.