Euploea modesta

 

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the Plain Blue Crow    ผีเสื้อจรกาฟ้าป่าต่ำ

 

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Euploea modesta
Photo taken at Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 460m a.s.l.

An uncommon species about which there is little known. Both sexes are similar in appearance.

Synonyms and previously used names:    Crastia cupreipennis, Menama tavoyana, Menama mouhotii, Euploea moore, Tronga brookei, Tronga morrisi, Euploea deheeri, Euploea lugens, Oranasma smithii, Crastia cerberus, Euploea buxtoni, Menama lorzae, Euploea kühni, Euploea (Patosa) obscura, Euploea werneri, Euploea alecto, Euploea insulicola, Euploea incerta, Euploea tiomana, Euploea jennessi

Taxonomy:  Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae - Danainae - Euploea - modesta

Regional Distribution:  Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia

Habitat:  probably open forest but not really known                                            Wingspan:  65-75mm

Flight time:  not known

Larval Hosts:  Ficus minahassae, Ficus racemosa (Moraceae), Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae). There are likely to be other plant species that have not been recorded.

Adult Food Sources:  Nectar - Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) but there are likely to be many more.  Other - mud puddling

Euploea modesta
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Ficus racemosa
Ficus racemosa, a larval host

Bidens pilosa
Bidens pilosa, a nectar source

Butterflies of Thailand and SE Asia  -  BugsAlive Species Information Sheet
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