Spalgis epius
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Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycanidae - Miletinae - Spalgis - epius (Moore, 1879)
wingspan - 20-30mm, wing colour - white/brown/grey, eye colour - yellowish green, proboscis colour - creamy white, antennae colour - black/white banded with orange tips, abdomen colour - grey, leg colour - white/red banded,
flight - erratic and fast
unusually the male is larger than the female and fw apex is more pointed
Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines
all year depending on location
rainforest and humid deciduous forest up to 500m a.s.l.
¦¦ egg 3-4 days ¦¦ instar1 2-3 days ¦¦ instar2 2-3 days ¦¦ instar3 2-3 days ¦¦ instar4 3-4 days ¦¦
¦¦ instar5 n/a ¦¦ pupa 10-14 days ¦¦ Total egg-adult 25-30 days. All times approximate.
multivoltine
no specific plant hosts are used as the larvae of this species are wholly aphytophagous and feed on mealy bug eggs, nymphs, and larvae
Nectar: not known to feed on flowers for nectar
Other: adults feed on small hemipterans and animal dung, likes human sweat
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