Description

• Common Name : Common Sergeant
• Scientific Name : Athyma perius (Linn.)
• Family : NYMPHALIDAE
• Wingspan : 60-70mm
• Colour : It has markings similar to those of the Common Sailer, but has a short cell-streak followed by three white spots, instead of the Sailer’s long streak and a single spot.
• Habit : Found in fairly open country and around human habitations. Flies close to the ground, settles on damp patches, flies low among bushes and shrubs, resembles the Sailers in flight.
• Larval Host Plants : Glochidion relutinum, Glochidion lanceolarium.
• Location : Throughout West Bengal