Description

• Common Name : Common Banded Peacock
• Scientific Name : Papilio crino (Fabricius)
• Family : PAPILIONIDAE
• Wingspan : 100-105mm
• Colour : A gorgeous green and blackish-brown swallowtail.
• Habit : It flies in and out of scrub jungle in which it lives with effortless ease. Always in a hurry to move on; spends little time on flower. It is a nectar lover and prefers the flowers of tall shrubs and small trees rather than those of annuals.
• Larval Host Plants : Chloroxylon swietenia
• Location : Throughout West Bengal