Blue-spotted Crow
Last update on:
15/6/2025
Common Name
Blue-spotted Crow
Latin Name
๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด
Taxa
Family
Nymphalidae
Habitats
Features
The upperwings are dark brown, with blue-purple patches on forewings and two chains of white dots on the edges of each hindwing. Male additionally has a narrow sex brand on each forewing. The underwings are brown with similar pattern as the upperwings.
Behaviour
Cluster and travel to overwinter. Caterpillar feeds on poisonous host plant ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด.
- Lau, P. (Ed.) (1997). Butterflies of Hong Kong. Paul Lau Photography.
- Yiu, V. (Ed.) (2004).ใ้ฆๆธฏ่ง่ถๅ้่ง่ถๅฐๅใ[Hong Kong Butterfly Guide and Observation Sites]. Hong Kong Lepidopteristsโ Society and Hong Kong Discovery.
