Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger

Last update on:
15/6/2025
Common Name
Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger
Latin Name
𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴
Taxa
Butterflies
Family
Nymphalidae
Habitats
Woodland
Shrubland
Village
Salt Pan
Former Farmland

Features

The upperwings are black-brown while the underwings are reddish brown. There are pale blue spots on both sides of the wings, in which the spot at the costa of each forewing is elogated V-shaped.

Behaviour

Cluster and travel to overwinter. Caterpillars feed on poisonous host plant Tylophora ovata.

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