Grey glassy tiger
Ideopsis juventa
The grey glassy tiger is a dark grey or black butterfly covered in white patches. Long white stripes seem to shine out from its body like rays. Two rows of round white dots run along the edges of its wings.
Lives in
Southeast Asia, from Java and Bali to the Philippines, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other butterflies, it drinks sweet nectar from flowers through a long tongue.
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)
Grey 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
Scientists count more than 30 different kinds of it, many of them living on just one island or group of islands.
2
It belongs to the same group of butterflies as the famous monarch butterfly.
3
It has other names too, such as the wood nymph.
you asked
Most asked questions about Grey glassy tiger
?Where does the grey glassy tiger live?
In Southeast Asia, on many islands from Java and Bali to the Philippines and New Guinea.
?Is the grey glassy tiger dangerous?
No. It is a gentle butterfly that cannot bite or sting.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ideopsis juventa
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Wood nymph, Gray glassy tiger
Where the facts come from
- Ideopsis juventa (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 D. Gordon E. Robertson. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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