Description

• Common Name : Yellow Coster
• Scientific Name : Acraea issoria (Hubner)
• Family : NYMPHALIDAE
• Wingspan : 30-35mm
• Colour : Upperside is yellowish with darkened veins.
• Habit : Commonly found in North Bengal foothills and in lower elevations. Prefers open scrub areas where it may be seen in slow, fluttering flight; lays eggs in clusters.
• Larval Host Plants : Debregeasia hypoleuca, Debregeasia bicolor, Urtica sp., Boehemeria platyphylla, Passiflora sp. etc.
• Location : North Bengal