The Blue-banded King Crow

Euploea eunice

Description

Euploea eunice has black upper wings with blue spots at the tips of the veins 1 – 6, besides that there is also a blue line in the cell area. The underside of the wings is black with two series of small blue dots around the edges.

Larva: Euploea eunice larvae are black in color with a white band covering their back, beside their abdomen there is a series of red spots on both sides. Its head is black, there are long black thorns on its body.

Population Size

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Life Span

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WEIGHT​

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LENGTH

Wingspan from 65 – 85 mm.

Ar

Arboreal

He

Herbivore

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Lepidoptera

FAMILY

:

Nymphalidae

GENUS

:

Euploea

SPECIES

:

Euploea eunice

Distribution

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Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Euploea eunice are scattered in the Indo-China region, from the peninsula to the Lesser Sunda Islands, as well as in the Philippines and Taiwan

Habits and Lifestyle

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Lifestyle

Arboreal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

The larvae of Euploea eunice feed on Ficus leaves from the Moraceae family.

Diet : Herbivore (larva), Nectarivore

Mating Habits

Euploea eunice reproduce by laying eggs (oviparous).

Life cycle (Metamorfosis) : –

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Not Evaluated (NE)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

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