Global InformationEuploea alcathoe information
| No-brand crow | |
|---|---|
| |
| Male | |
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euploea |
| Species: | E. alcathoe
|
| Binomial name | |
| Euploea alcathoe (Godart, [1819])[1]
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Euploea alcathoe, commonly known as the no-brand crow, Eichhorn's crow or striped black crow, is a common butterfly found from India to Borneo, and in the Moluccas, New Guinea and Australia. It belongs to the crows and tigers subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brushfooted butterflies).
The butterflies keep to within 3 metres (9.8 ft) of the ground and they can be found in patches of sun underneath the forest canopy where they alight on understory leaves and small twigs.[2]
The larvae feed on Nerium indicum, Nerium oleander, Mandevilla, Asclepias, Hoya australis, Marsdenia australis, Ficus platypoda, Gymnanthera oblonga and Ficus obliqua in Australia.[3] The larvae of the endangered Gove subspecies, Euploea alcathoe enastri, also feed on the vines of Parsonsia alboflavescens,[4] and Vincetoxicum polyanthum (syn. Tylophora benthamii).[2] Euploea alcathoe adults are most common in the monsoonal wet season between December and May in Australia, and there may be several generations over the course of a year.[2]
- ^ Euploea at funet.fi
- ^ a b c Braby, Michael F. (2004). Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 194–95. ISBN 0-643-09027-4.
- ^ Kitching, Roger Laurence (1999). Biology of Australian butterflies. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. p. 198. ISBN 0-643-05027-2.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
govecrowwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).