Common banded demon
Notocrypta paralysos
The common banded demon is a dark skipper butterfly from South and South-East Asia. Across each front wing it has a bright white band. Despite its spooky name, it is completely harmless.
Lives in
South and South-East Asia, from Sri Lanka and India to the Philippines
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Butterflies cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Grown-ups drink nectar from flowers with their long, curly tongue.
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)
Common banded demon about 30 km/h (19 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It has a small white mark on each side of its face.
2
It looks almost the same as its cousin the spotted demon, but its wings are a little shorter and wider.
3
It lives from Sri Lanka and India all the way to Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common banded demon
?Is the banded demon dangerous?
Not at all. It is a small butterfly and cannot bite or sting.
?Where does the common banded demon live?
In South and South-East Asia, from Sri Lanka and India to the Philippines.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Notocrypta paralysos
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Banded demon
Where the facts come from
- Notocrypta paralysos (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 Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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