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Striped Blue Crow
Striped Blue Crow
Euploea mulciber
Insecta
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
A few weeks
Size
Medium
Diet
Herbivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Southeast Asia
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

The striped blue crow is a brush-footed butterfly found in Southeast Asia. Males possess two scent-releasing hair pencils that extend from the tip of their abdomen.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A tiny ribbed egg laid on the underside of a host-plant leaf, hatching within days.
  2. 2.
    caterpillar
    A voracious caterpillar feeds and molts through several instars, growing rapidly.
  3. 3.
    chrysalis
    A chrysalis hangs sealed and still while the body remodels into a winged adult.
  4. 4.
    butterfly
    A winged adult with full scales and coloration, ready to fly and mate.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Euploea
Species
Euploea mulciber