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Scientific Name : Euripus nyctelius
Family : Nymphalidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : All types of wildlife habitat
Description : Males have black forewings with various streaks and spots, including a long streak in interspace 1, a slender streak in the cell, and a broad oblique median band followed by paired streaks in interspaces 3, 4, and 5. The hindwings are white with black veins, a black termen, and crimson spots near the edge. Two forms exist: one with clear white hindwings and the other with ivory-colored hindwings. Females lack crimson terminal spots but retain a basal crimson patch on the hindwing underside.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Hypolimnas bolina
(Great Eggfly) -
Lebadea martha
(Knight) -
Mycalesis malsara
(White-line Bushbrown) -
Lethe europa
(Bamboo Treebrown) -
Hypolimnas misippus
(Danaid Eggfly) -
Lethe sinorix
(Tailed Red Forester) -
Cethosia cyane
(Leopard Lacewing) -
Junonia orithya
(Blue Pansy) -
Lethe vindhya
(Black forester) -
Euthalia phemius
(White Edge Blue Baron)
References:
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/showbutterfly/37photo credit:Tree Fong (www.inaturalist.org/people/Tree Fong ),photo copyright: iNaturalist. 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, http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/showbutterfly/37photo credit:Tree Fong (www.inaturalist.org/people/Tree Fong ),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.