Description

• Common Name : Common Leopard
• Scientific Name : Phalanta phalantha (Drury)
• Family : NYMPHALIDAE
• Wingspan : 50-60mm
• Colour : Yellow with black band.
• Habit : An extremely active butterfly, usually seen flitting from flower to flower with half-open wings; flight is quick with jerky movements; visits flowers particularly Tridax sp., Lantana camara, Marigold etc. It has a very strong territorial behaviour.
• Larval Host Plants : Flacourtia indica, Flacourtia montana, Smilax sp., Salix sp.
• Location : Throughout West Bengal