Cethosia cyane
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Cethosia cyane
Cethosia cyane is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae ( Nymphalidae ).
Features
The top of the front wings is dark red-brown to orange. At the edge of the wing is mostly a series of white spots to be found. At the black wing tip has a white bandage is usually to be found. The bottom which is much more impressive than the top, can also be found at the wing tip a white bandage. At the edge of the wing a white snake with black border line is present and it can be seen many white and black dots or lines. The rear wing has the same color as the fore wings, and are serrated on the edge. On the top run, close to the black border with white wavy line, several black dots. On the bottom, as in the fore wings is a white snake with black border line. In the middle of an ore thin white binding with black spots runs over the front wing on the edge. Otherwise, many more black and white dots and small strokes are still available. The males are generally much more colorful than the females. The body of the butterfly is black and brown and the wingspan is 60 to 70 millimeters.
The caterpillars are initially striped red and white, later they become dark brown and get a gedornte skin surface.
Similar Species
- Cethosia biblis ( Drury, 1773)
- Cethosia Cydippe (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Cethosia Penthesilea ( Cramer, 1777)
Dissemination
Cethosia cyane is widespread in the Indo -Australian region. The range extends from India through southern China to Thailand and Australia.
Way of life
The very robust animals survive as a butterfly for several weeks. Two weeks after the completion of metamorphosis is the moths mate, it falls over the male, the female literally, after the animals have put a little ringed her to the ground and remain there for two hours. A few days later, the eggs are deposited in a food plant. The caterpillars prefer moisture and heat, but under direct sunlight die the caterpillars immediately. It feeds on blue passionflower (Passiflora caerulea), castor bean ( Ricinus communis), Adenia chevalieri, Passiflora foetida and Commelina benghalensis The species is neither endangered nor protected.
System
Currently, only one subspecies, namely Cethosia cyane euanthes ( Fruhstorfer, 1912) is known.