Common jester
Symbrenthia lilaea
The common jester is a butterfly from South and Southeast Asia. On top, its wings are black with bright orange-yellow bands, like a jester's costume. Underneath they are orange, with many little spots and a patch of pink scales.
Lives in
The Himalayas from Pakistan to Burma, and on to Malaysia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The butterflies drink nectar from flowers. The caterpillars eat 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)
Common jester about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
In the dry season its orange bands are wider and paler than in the rainy season.
2
Its caterpillar is black and covered in rows of stiff, branched spines.
3
The female looks like the male, but her orange markings are broader and a little paler.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common jester
?Where does the common jester live?
In the Himalayas and Southeast Asia, from Pakistan to Malaysia.
?What does the common jester look like?
Black wings with orange-yellow bands on top, and orange with spots underneath.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Symbrenthia lilaea
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Peninsular jester
Where the facts come from
- Symbrenthia lilaea (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 J.M.Garg. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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