Categories
Brush Footed Butterfliesblack butterfly with blue spot
November 27, 2009
This is a butterfly specimen I got from my teacher. From the upper view, the bigger front wing is black in colour with some blue spot at the edge. However, with the black wing may appear to be purple blue in colour with the correct light reflection and the colour is shiny. The smaller wing at behind is dull in colour.
The lower view of this butterfly is black in colour with blue spot at the edge.
Kit
Malaysia, tropical rain forest
Crow Butterfly
Hi again Kit,
Again, the Butterflies of Malaysia led us to believe this was one of the Crow Butterflies, and though we found another website with lots of species, we could not find an exact match, but we do believe the genus Euploea is correct.
Comment from Karl
Hi Kit:
I agree that the genus is Euploea, which includes a number of similar looking species. The closest match I could find is Euploea eunice leucogonis, the Blue Branded King Crow. You can go to http://www.sgbug.org/butterflies/spc_info.php?spc_id=374 for a comparison (click on the image for a closer look). Regards.
Karl
I like ThisRelated Posts
-
(11/28/2009)Blue Triangle from Malaysia -
(02/03/2010)Brush Footed Butterfly from Malaysia: T... -
(03/01/2010)Common Crow Chrysalis from Australia -
(03/14/2010)Common Crow Caterpillar
Comments 2
Hi Kit:
I agree that the genus is Euploea, which includes a number of similar looking species. The closest match I could find is Euploea eunice leucogonis, the Blue Branded King Crow. You can go to http://www.sgbug.org/butterflies/spc_info.php?spc_id=374 for a comparison (click on the image for a closer look). Regards. K
Posted 30 Nov 2009 at 11:04 am ¶I can confirm that this species is Euploea eunice leucogonis. It is an uncommon species where I live.
Posted 30 Jan 2010 at 8:17 pm ¶Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting.
Post a Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.