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.
Fun Fact
Note
Reference
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- Lau, P. (Ed.) (1997). Butterflies of Hong Kong. Paul Lau Photography.
- Yiu, V. (Ed.) (2004).《香港觀蝶圖鑑觀蝶地圖》[Hong Kong Butterfly Guide and Observation Sites]. Hong Kong Lepidopterists’ Society and Hong Kong Discovery.



