Description

• Common Name : Crimson Rose
• Scientific Name : Pachliopta hector (Linnaeus)
• Family : PAPILIONIDAE
• Wingspan : 90-110mm
• Colour : Large, glossy, black butterfly with two broad white bands on the fore wings. The tailed hind wings have bright crimson spots.
• Habit : It has slow, fluttering but steady flight. Flies at a greater height from the ground. The flowers of Lantana is its favourite nectar plant. Basks with its wings spread flat; Nerium odorum, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Bougainvillea spectabilis are some of its favourite nectar source plants.
• Larval Host Plants : Aristolochia bracteolate, Aristolochia indica, Thottea siliquosa
• Location : Throughout West Bengal

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