Family Danaidae Milkweed butterflies / Tigers and Crows
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| Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus, Linnaeus |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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Arid, dry and intermediate zones |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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Female Danaid Eggfly |
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STATUS |
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Common |
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HABITS |
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Slow flight. Unpalatable |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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Calotropis gigantea [S - Wara] |
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| Common Tiger Danaus genutia, Cramer |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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Common below 3000 feet elevation |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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Female Common Palmfly |
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STATUS |
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Common |
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HABITS |
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Unpalatable |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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Ceropegia buchanani |
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LAVA |
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Black-Yellow |
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PUPA |
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green or gold in colour |
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| Common Indian Crow Euploea core asela, Moore |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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Almost anywhere |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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Brown King Crow, Double Banded Crow, Great Crow, female Great Eggfly and male Common Palmfly |
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STATUS |
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Very Common |
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HABITS |
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Poisonous |
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species of Ficus, Nerium .. |
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LAVA |
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PUPA |
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Yellow to Gold incolour |
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| Ceylon Tree Nymph* Idea iasonia, Westwood |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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Wet zone below 5000 feet and some scatered colonies in dry zone |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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None in the island |
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STATUS |
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Common |
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HABITS |
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slow hovering or sailing flight |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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LAVA |
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cylindrical black and white rings with lateral red spots |
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| Glassy Tiger Parantica aglea, Stoll |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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below 5000 feet |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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Blue Tiger, Dark Blue Tiger, Female Dark Wanderer and Common Mime |
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STATUS |
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Very Common |
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HABITS |
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Poisonous |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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Tylophora indica, Cryptolepsis buchanani and Calotropis |
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LAVA |
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PUPA |
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| Ceylon Tiger* Parantica taprobana, Felder |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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Mountain forests above 3000 |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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None |
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STATUS |
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Common, Endemic |
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HABITS |
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Fly faster high in the canopy |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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Ceropegia thwaitesei |
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LAVA |
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Cylindrical blue-blck with yellow and white spots |
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PUPA |
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| Blue Tiger Tirumala limniace leopardus , Butler |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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Lower elevations |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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Dark Blue Tiger, Glassy Blue Tiger, Glassy Tiger, Female Dark Wanderer and Common Mime |
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STATUS |
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Very common |
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HABITS |
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Poisonous |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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Calotropis gigantea [Wara], Wattakaka volubilis, Tylophora indica |
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LAVA |
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| Dark Blue Tiger Tirumala septentrionis musikanos , Fruhstorfer |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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All over the island, common in lower elevations |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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Blue Tiger, Glassy Tiger, Blue Glassy Tiger, Female Dark Wanderer and Common Mime |
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STATUS |
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Common |
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HABITS |
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unpalatable |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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no records in Sri Lanka |
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Copyright © 2006-2010 - Design, Developement, Photography and Text by Tharanga Aluthwattha
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