Common Leopard Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Phalanta phalantha
Family : Nymphalidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Forests,plain land,garden
Description : The Common leopard butterfly has a yellowish body above but greyish-white beneath, with ochreous-brown colored antennae. The upperside of the forewings wings has black spots all over it on a tawny base except the basal area. The hindwings are similar to the forewings, but have basal black zigzag lines. The underside of the wings is paler, but the markings are similar to those of the upperside.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Mycalesis mineus
(Dark-branded Bushbrown) -
Mycalesis perseus
(Common Bushbrown) -
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady) -
Elymnias hypermnestra
(Common Palmfly) -
Euthalia aconthea
(Common Baron) -
Lethe vindhya
(Black forester) -
Melanitis zitenius
(Great Evening Brown) -
Mycalesis malsara
(White-line Bushbrown) -
Mycalesis visala
(Long-branded Bushbrown) -
Stibochiona nicea
(Popinjay)
References:
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Frederic Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IVphoto credit & copyright: Syed Abbasmore information please contact with us.
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Frederic Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IVphoto credit & copyright: Syed Abbasmore information please contact with us.