Commander Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Moduza procris
Family : Nymphalidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : All types of wildlife habitat
Description : The Oriental Commander is orange above but bluish-white beneath. Its antennae are black. The upperside of the forewings has a brown base with a broad black line at the edges and a central black band with white spots. The black areas may present metallic blue tints. The upperside of the hindwings is similar to the forewings. The underside of both wings is whitish-grey with small black lines, and has a lateral line of crescent-shaped black dots and a more external line of orange-red dots, with a crenate black margin.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Mycalesis visala
(Long-branded Bushbrown) -
Vagrans sinha
(Vagrant) -
Euripus nyctelius
(Courtesan) -
Cethosia cyane
(Leopard Lacewing) -
Ariadne ariadne
(Angled Castor) -
Mycalesis malsara
(White-line Bushbrown) -
Parthenos sylvia
(Clipper) -
Neptis jumbah
(Chestnut-Streaked Sailer) -
Stibochiona nicea
(Popinjay) -
Polyura athamas
(Common Nawab)
References:
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, indiabiodiversity.org;photo 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, indiabiodiversity.org;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbasmore information please contact with us.