Euploea sylvester

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Double-branded crow
Butterflies of Kerala - Euploea sylvester (Double Branded Crow) (2016.07.03).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. sylvester
Binomial name
Euploea sylvester
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Danais coretaGodart, 1819 [1]
  • Euploea coreoidesMoore, 1877 [1]

Euploea sylvester, the double-branded crow, [2] also known as the two-brand crow [1] in Australia, is a butterfly found in South Asia, [2] Southeast Asia and parts of Australia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. [1]

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Several races of the butterfly are recognized. Race pelor is found in Australia. [3]

Subspecies

The subspecies of Euploea sylvester are- [1] [2]

Description

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Museum specimen from Malaya

In shape, colour, and markings, it very closely resembles Euploea core . Males, however, can be distinguished at once by the presence of two brands instead of a single one on the forewing. Of the females Lionel de Nicéville says, females of E. coreta can be separated from the females of E. core by the following points: "First by the outline of the forewing being more entire; in core it is slightly but perceptibly scalloped- Second, by the underside of the forewing having a complete series of six spots, one between each pair of nervules outside the cell; in core two of these spots, those above the discoidal nervules (veins 5 and 6), are always wanting. Third, the two brands on the interno-median area (interspace 1) of the forewing in the male are faintly but quite perceptibly to be traced in the female in the same position." [4] [5]

Larval food plants

The double-banded crow feeds on plants of the families Apocynaceae (dogbanes and oleanders) including Parsonsia, Hoya, and Cynanchum [6] , Asclepiadaceae (milkweeds) including Marsdenia [7] and Moraceae (figs) including Ficus obliqua , Ficus microcarpa , Ficus racemosa , Gymnema sylvestre and Ichnocarpus frutescens [8]

See also

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 152. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN   978-81-929826-4-9.
  3. Meyer, C.E. (1997) Notes on the life history and variation in adult forms of Euploea sylvester pelor Doubleday (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae), The Australian Entomologist. 24(2):73-77.
  4. PD-icon.svgOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Bingham, Charles Thomas (1907). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis. pp. 29–11.
  5. PD-icon.svgOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Moore, Frederic (1890–1892). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. I. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 134.
  6. Vane-Wright, R.I, & de Jong, R. (2003). The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 343, 3–267 https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220217/
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  8. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/hostplants/) accessed on September 12, 2007.