Ancistroides paralysos
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the Common Banded Demon Photos at the bottom of the page
Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Hesperiidae - Hesperiinae - Ancistroides - paralysos (Wood-Mason/de Nicéville, 1881)
wingspan - 33-36mm, wing colour - dark brown with wide white band across each forewing, usually a small white hyaline spot in space 4 of the forewing, eye colour - dark brown, proboscis colour - brown, antennae colour - dark brown with a pale whitish band just below the club end, abdomen colour - brown, leg colour - brown, flight - fast and low
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Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines
all year depending on location
forest and forest edges
¦¦ egg 4-5 days ¦¦ instar1 3-4 days ¦¦ instar2 3 days ¦¦ instar3 3 days ¦¦ instar4 3 days ¦¦
¦¦ instar5 5 days ¦¦ pupa 8 days ¦¦ Total egg-adult 29-31 days. All times approximate.
multivoltine
Alpinia hainanensis, Alpinia purpurata, Alpinia zerumbet, Curcuma aurantiaca, Curcuma longa, Curcuma zedoaria, Hedychium coccineum, Hedychium flavescens, Zingiber cylindricum, Zingiber officinale, Zingiber wightianum, Zingiber zerumbet, Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae), Costus lucanusianus, Costus speciosus (Costaceae)
Actual host plant used depends upon location and availabilty of plant species.
Nectar: Asystasia gangetica (Acanthaceae), Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), Mussaenda frondosa (Rubiaceae),
Costus speciosus (Costaceae)
NOTE: there may be other plant species visited but not yet recorded
Other: not known
Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Hesperiidae - Hesperiinae - Ancistroides - paralysos (Wood-Mason/de Nicéville, 1881)
wingspan - 33-36mm, wing colour - dark brown with wide white band across each forewing, usually a small white hyaline spot in space 4 of the forewing, eye colour - dark brown, proboscis colour - brown, antennae colour - dark brown with a pale whitish band just below the club end, abdomen colour - brown, leg colour - brown, flight - fast and low
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Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines
all year depending on location
forest and forest edges
¦¦ egg 4-5 days ¦¦ instar1 3-4 days ¦¦ instar2 3 days ¦¦ instar3 3 days ¦¦ instar4 3 days ¦¦
¦¦ instar5 5 days ¦¦ pupa 8 days ¦¦ Total egg-adult 29-31 days. All times approximate.
multivoltine
Alpinia hainanensis, Alpinia purpurata, Alpinia zerumbet, Curcuma aurantiaca, Curcuma longa, Curcuma zedoaria, Hedychium coccineum, Hedychium flavescens, Zingiber cylindricum, Zingiber officinale, Zingiber wightianum, Zingiber zerumbet, Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae), Costus lucanusianus, Costus speciosus (Costaceae)
Actual host plant used depends upon location and availabilty of plant species.
Nectar: Asystasia gangetica (Acanthaceae), Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), Mussaenda frondosa (Rubiaceae),
Costus speciosus (Costaceae)
NOTE: there may be other plant species visited but not yet recorded
Other: not known
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