Blue Glassy Tiger
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| Species: | I. vulgaris
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| Ideopsis vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The Blue Glassy Tiger (Ideopsis vulgaris) is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.
Description
Range
South India, Sri Lanka, Peninsular India, Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats, Goa, Karnataka, Nilgiris, Maharashtra, Goa, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Tamilnadu, Kerala
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northern India (including Jammu and Kashmir,Himachal Pradesh, Garhwal and Kumaon, Sikkim, Assam , Arunachal, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Andamans, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, southern and and eastern China (including Hainan, Guangdong province), Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Laos, Vietnam, Kampuchea, Peninsular and Eastern Malaysia, Brunei, Phillippines (Palawan and Leyte), peninsular and Eastern Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, nias, Enggano, Bangka, Java, Bali, Kangean, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Tanahjampea and Kailmantan), Phillippines, Papua and New Guinea, Australia
Status
Very Common. Common. Locally Common. Not uncommon. Not Rare. Rare. Not known to be threatened. Vulnerable. Abundant. Scarce. It is protected by law in India.
Habitat
Where, altitude, season
Habits
Flight. Bask. Resting. Mud-puddling. Flowers. Bait. Unpalatability. Mimicry/model. Association with ants. Seasonal Abundance.
Life History
Broods. Flies during time of year.
Egg
Caterpillar
Pupa
Foodplants
The butterfly larva generally feed on plants of Family ceae. The recorded host plants are :-
- a
- b
- c
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
- Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
- Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
- Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
See also
External links
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