Common yamfly
Loxura atymnus
The common yamfly is a bright orange butterfly from Asia with a black edge on its front wings. It has a long tail on each back wing. It grows up very fast, from egg to butterfly in less than a month.
Lives in
South and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to Borneo and Singapore
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillar eats leaves of Smilax vines and wild yams.
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)
Common yamfly 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 whole life cycle from egg to butterfly takes only 23 to 26 days.
2
The baby caterpillar eats the rest of its own eggshell before starting on leaves.
3
The mother lays her eggs one by one at the bottom of young shoots.
4
Its eggs are white and shaped like little domes, smaller than one millimetre.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common yamfly
?What does the common yamfly eat?
Its caterpillar eats Smilax and wild yam leaves.
?How fast does the common yamfly grow?
Very fast. It goes from egg to butterfly in about 23 to 26 days.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Loxura atymnus
- Named by
- Stoll, 1780
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Yamfly
Where the facts come from
- Loxura atymnus (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 Dr. Raju Kasambe. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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