Common jay
The common jay is a black swallowtail butterfly with a band of pale blue, almost see-through spots across its wings. It is always busy and rarely sits still. It even drinks from flowers while its wings keep fluttering.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
The Pokémon called Caterpie is based on the caterpillar of the common jay.
The males often gather in tight groups on wet mud to sip water and salts.
Its caterpillar can be dark brown or grassy green, with little blue and yellow spines.
The mother lays her round, pale yellow eggs one by one under leaves.
Its flight is fast and straight.
Most asked questions about Common jay
?Which Pokémon is based on the common jay?
Caterpie, the caterpillar Pokémon, is based on the common jay's caterpillar.
?Where does the common jay live?
In forests across Southeast Asia, India and Sri Lanka, and a few places in Japan.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Graphium doson
- Named by
- Felder & Felder
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Papilionidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Graphium doson (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 Gunjan. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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