Description

• Common Name : Lesser Zebra
• Scientific Name : Graphium macareus (Roth.)
• Family : PAPILIONIDAE
• Wingspan : 80-100mm
• Colour : Blackish brown with pale stripes and spots.
• Habit : Found in low elevations, males congregate at damp patches. Females are solitary and visit flowers. Sits with wings closed when at rest. Photographed at Jayanty, Buxa Tiger Reserve.
• Larval Host Plants : not recorded.
• Location : North Bengal

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