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

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

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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