Description

• Common Name : Plum Judy
• Scientific Name : Abisara echerius (Moore)
• Family : LYCAENIDAE
• Wingspan : 40-50mm
• Colour : Purple brown with obscure markings.
• Habit : Butterfly of denser areas. It never visits flowers. In the early morning it sits in a sunny patch with wings slightly open generally about 1 to 2 m from the ground. In fact, its wings are so constructed that it can never close them completely.
• Larval Host Plants : Embelia robusta, Ardisia sp.
• Location : Throughout West Bengal