Eastern Brown Crow
DANAINAE , NYMPHALIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 10 May 2008)
(Photo: courtesy of
Martin Purvis, Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 10 May 2008)
(Photo: courtesy of
Martin Purvis, Sydney)
This Caterpillar has black and yellow bands, and white spots. It also has three pairs of fleshy tentacles. It feeds on the young shoots of :
The pupa is silver.
The adult butterflies are brownish black, with white spots on the edge of the wings, which join together to form a white band near the tip of the forewing. The adult butterflies have a wing span around 6 cms.
The eggs are white and barrel-shaped. They are laid on young shoots.
This species is found in Asia, including Japan, and along the coast of Queensland in Australia.
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 603-604.
Elly Scheermeyer,
"Overwintering of Three Australian Danaines:
Tirumala hamata, Euploea tulliolus tulliolus
and Euploea core corinna" in S. B. Malcolm and M.P. Zalucki (Eds),
Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly,
Natural History Museum of Los angeles County, Los Angeles 1993, pp. 345-354.
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