Species Details

@Sabbir Hussain Khan,Bangladesh

Euploea mulciber

Stripped Blue Crow Did you see this animal?

Scientific Name : Euploea mulciber
Family : Danaidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : All types of wildlife habitat
 
Description : Upperside mostly black with a blue area closer to the margins. Forewings have multiple small white spots, which on the hindwing are mostly present on the posterior edge. Underside brown with white spots and irregularly shaped white streaks between the veins, the latter only present in the female. Body black with white spots.
 
Distribution in Bangladesh
References:
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Bingham, C.T.1905.Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1;photo credit & copyright: Sabbir Hussain Khan,Jahangirnagar University,Dhaka.more information please contact with us.