Description

• Common Name : Common Wanderer
• Scientific Name : Pareronia valeria (Cramer)
• Family : PIERIDAE
• Wingspan : 65-80mm
• Colour : Sky-blue (sky blue) or bluish white with black markings.
• Habit : Males fly untiringly between 1-5 m above the ground, rarely rest and bask with their wings open. Feed only on flowers. Can access nectar from flowers like Plumbago, with its 3 cm long proboscis.
• Larval Host Plants : Woody climbers of family Capparaceae like Capparis rheedii, Capparis zeylanica etc.
• Location : Throughout West Bengal