Restricted demon
Notocrypta curvifascia
The restricted demon is a skipper, a quick little butterfly with a thick body. Its wings are dark brown to black with a white mark on them. Its caterpillars love ginger and banana plants.
Lives in
East and South Asia, from India to Japan and Indonesia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of ginger, turmeric, banana and their relatives.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
Restricted demon about 30 km/h (19 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
A grown-up is only about 4 centimetres long.
2
Its caterpillars eat the same ginger plant that people use in cooking.
3
It lives both in warm tropical places and in cooler parts of East Asia.
you asked
Most asked questions about Restricted demon
?What does the restricted demon eat?
Its caterpillars eat ginger, turmeric and banana plants.
?Is the restricted demon dangerous?
No. Despite its name, it is a harmless little butterfly.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Notocrypta curvifascia
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Notocrypta curvifascia (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 Vinayaraj. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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