Danaus genutia

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Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae - Danainae - Danaus - genutia (Cramer, 1779)

wingspan - 70-80mm, wing colour - orange/black/white, eye colour - black, proboscis colour - black, antennae colour - black, abdomen colour - yellowy brown, leg colour - black, flight - slow

no but additional male form intermedius in southern Thailand

Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Korea, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines

all year, depending on location

disturbed forest edges up to 2600m a.s.l.

¦¦   egg 3 days ¦¦ instar1 1-2 days ¦¦ instar2 1 day ¦¦ instar3 1-2 days ¦¦ instar4 1-2 days ¦¦
¦¦ instar5 3 days ¦¦ pupa 6 days ¦¦    Total egg-adult 17 days. All times approximate.

multivoltine

Asclepias curassavica, Calotropis gigantea, Ceropegia attenuata, Ceropegia evansii, Ceropegia fantastica, Ceropegia hirsuta, Ceropegia intermedia, Ceropegia lawii, Ceropegia media, Ceropegia vincifolia, Cynanchum boudieri, Cynanchum callialatum, Cynanchum dalhousiae, Cynanchum formosana, Cynanchum langysuense, Cynanchum liukiuense, Cynanchum ovalifolium, Cynanchum taiwanianum, Cynanchum tunicatum, Graphistemma pictum, Holostemma ada-kodien, Holostemma annularis, Marsdenia floribunda, Marsdenia formosana, Marsdenia tenacissima, Marsdenia tinctoria, Marsdenia tomentosa, Metaplexis japonica, Pergularia odoratissima, Raphistemma hooperianum, Raphistemma lemma, Raphistemma pulchellum, Stephanotis floribunda, Oxystelma esculentum, Pentatropis capensis, Telosma cordata, Tylophora cissoides, Tylophora flexuosa, Tylophora tanakae, Tylophora tenuis, (Apocynaceae), Lepisanthes rubigiosa (Sapindaceae)
Actual host plant used depends upon location and availabilty of plant species.

Nectar: Asclepias curassavica, Calotropis gigantia, Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae), Asystasia gangetica, Barleria cristata, Justicia japonica (Acanthaceae), Bauhinia purpurea, Crotalaria juncea, Crotalaria mucronata, Crotalaria retusa, Cytisus scoparius, Tephrosia purpurea (Fabaceae), Duranta erecta, Lantana camara, Stachytarpheta indica, Verbena rigida (Verbenaceae), Ageratina adenophora, Ageratum conyzoides, Bidens pilosa, Chromolaena odorata, Crassocephalum cerpidioides, Gynura nitida, Helichrysum bracteatum, Mikania micrantha, Parthenium hysterophorus, Sphagneticola trilobata, Sencio bombayenesis, Taraxacum javanicum, Tridax procumbens, Vernonia conyzoides, Youngia japonica (Asteraceae), Ehretia laevis, Ehretia pubescens, Heliotropium indicum, Trichodesma indicum, Trichodesma zeylanica, Cordia cylindrostachya (Boraginaceae), Leucas lamiifolia, Plectranthus barbatus, Premna serratifolia, Rotheca serrata, Vitex negundo (Lamiaceae), Celosia argentea (Amaranthaceae), Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae), Euphorbia milii, Euphorbia rothiana (Euphorbiaceae), Cestrum aurantiacum, Solanum mauritianum (Solanaceae), Hypericum japonicum, Hypericum mysorense (Hypericaceae), Sida acuta (Malvaceae), Oplismenus undulatifolius (Poaceae), Oxalis latifolia (Oxalidaceae), Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae), Trichilia connaroides (Meliaceae), Oenothera rosea (Onagraceae), Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Icacinaceae), Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Myrtaceae), Prinsepia utilis, Rubus ellipticus (Rosaceae), Rhamnus wightii ( Rhamnaceae)

Other: mud puddling, animal dung, carrion