Description

• Common Name : Gaudy Baron
• Scientific Name : Euthalia lubentina (Fruh.)
• Family : NYMPHALIDAE
• Wingspan : 60-80mm
• Colour : Upperside emerald-green with red and black spots on the hindwing.
• Habit : Found in heavily forested areas. They visit rotting fruits and damp patches, generally bask on tree-tops, sometimes descending to the ground. Photographed at Panchet hill, Purulia.
• Larval Host Plants : Dendrophthoe falcata, Scurrula parasitis
• Location : South West Bengal

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