Common Sailer

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15/6/2025
Common Name
Common Sailer
Latin Name
๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด
Taxa
Butterflies
Family
Nymphalidae
Habitats
Woodland
Shrubland
Village
Mangroves
Coast
Former Farmland

Features

The upperwings are black-brown. When the wings opens, three white broad parallel lines made up of spots could be seen on the upperwings. In particular, the line posited in the cell of forewings shapes like ink brush, with blunt tips. The underwings are yellowish brown, with similar white patches as the upperwings, which are additionally encicled by brown edge.

Behaviour

Likes gliding, active near the lowland. Caterpillars feed on host plants such as ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜Ž๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, and ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ข.

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