Striped blue crow
Euploea mulciber
The striped blue crow is a dark brown butterfly. On the male, the whole top of the wings shines a brilliant blue, with little white spots. The female is lighter brown with white stripes and spots.
Lives in
India and Southeast Asia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Just enjoy watching it.
What does it eat?
The butterflies sip nectar from flowers. The caterpillars eat oleander, fig trees and several climbing plants.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Striped blue crow about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its caterpillar has four pairs of long, soft threads on its body, pink at the bottom and black at the tips.
2
The pupa shines like metal, golden brown.
3
It belongs to the crows and tigers, a group of butterflies related to the monarch.
you asked
Most asked questions about Striped blue crow
?What does the striped blue crow eat?
The caterpillars eat oleander and fig leaves, and the butterflies drink nectar.
?Where does the striped blue crow live?
In India and Southeast Asia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Euploea mulciber
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Euploea mulciber (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Sandipoutsider. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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