Brown King Crow (Euploea klugii Sinhala)
Common insect flies all over the island
throughout the year. Plentiful in dry zone and scarce in higher hills. It take part in migrations. Brown King Crow's food
plant in larval stage are Streblus zeylanicus and Streblus asper of the family Moraceae. Brown King Crow is mimicked by female of the Great Eggfly, both sexes of Common Palmfly and Common mime.
Nice picture indeed. It is much better if you can write more about mimicry in butterflies. Best Wishes!
ReplyDeleteThnaks Dilshan!!
ReplyDeleteyea good idea perhaps as a separate blog post. Will consider that.