Common Crow

Common Crow

Euploea core core ( Cramer ) - DANAIDAE

Euploea Core Core ( Cramer ) DANAIDAE - Common Crow

Adult :

Upperside glossy brown with marginal and terminal white spots either equal or decreasing in size. FW much darker than HW with short band. HW marginal spots more prominent. Underside light brown with markings as above mostly and the brand in FW very conspicuous. Wingspan 80-95mm.

One of the commonest butterflies with a number of races and forms based on the degree of spotting.

Male

Often sails with its curved abdomen and extended powder puff-like yellow hair pencils. A strong migrant with the habit of resting in large numbers before and during migration. Visits flowers of Fiddle-leaved Jatropha, Scarlet-bush, Lantana, Common Zinnia, Pink Cocks’ comb, Aztec Marigold, Ber, Land Caltrops, Euphorbia geniculata, etc.

Larva

Chocolate brown. Segments ringed with white and brick red lines, lateral ywllow and white stripes and 4 pairs of purplish brown filaments ( on 2,3,5 and 11 ) that on the second, the longest. Feeds on Oleander, Peepal, Banyan, Cluster Fig, Ficus sppl Easter tree, Black creeper, Indian Sarsaparilla, Cryptolepis elegans, C.pauciflora, C.longiflora, Streblus asper, etc.

Distribution

India, Pakistan, Srilanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, China and Australia.