Description

• Common Name : Common Earl
• Scientific Name : Tanaecia julii (Menetries)
• Family : NYMPHALIDAE
• Wingspan : 65-85mm
• Colour : Dark Brown, blue margin on hindwings.
• Habit : Occurs in forested areas, flies close to ground and often settles on the shrubs of medium height, very cautious, when disturbed would fly away and sit in some undergrowth with its wings closed.
• Larval Host Plants : not recorded
• Location : North Bengal