Description

• Common Name : Yellow Helen
• Scientific Name : Princeps nephelus (Wd.)
• Family : PAPILIONIDAE
• Wingspan : 115-130mm
• Colour : Upperwings black with sprinkling of yellowish-brown scales on the fore wing with a large yellowish white discal patch on the hind wing.
• Habit : Generally found in dense jungles, visit various species of flowers. Flight is slow but when disturbed might fly fast. They sit and bask with its wings widely open.
• Larval Host Plants : Toddalia asiatica, Zanthoxylum ovalifolium , Zanthoxylum ailanthoides, Citrus sp.
• Location : North Bengal