Ceylon blue glassy tiger
Ideopsis similis
The Ceylon blue glassy tiger is a butterfly from Asia. It belongs to a group of butterflies called crows and tigers. It lives in Sri Lanka, India and Taiwan.
Lives in
Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan and other parts of Asia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The grown-ups drink nectar from flowers. Its caterpillars eat plant leaves.
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)
Ceylon blue glassy tiger about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Ceylon is the old name of Sri Lanka, one of the places where it lives.
2
It belongs to the brush-footed butterflies, which walk on only four of their six legs.
3
Its group, the crows and tigers, also includes the famous monarch butterfly.
you asked
Most asked questions about Ceylon blue glassy tiger
?Where does the Ceylon blue glassy tiger live?
In Asia, including Sri Lanka, India and Taiwan.
?What does Ceylon mean?
Ceylon is the old name for the island of Sri Lanka.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ideopsis similis
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Ideopsis similis (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 TANAKA Juuyoh (η°δΈεζ΄). CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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