Broad-tail Royal

Creon cleobis cleobis (Godart, [1824]) 


Malayalam Name     

:

ചോല നീലാംബരി

Common Name

;

Bengal Broad-tail Royal

Order 

:

Lepidoptera

Super Family            

:

Papilionoidae (Butterflies)

Family              

Lycaenidae

Sub Family

:

Theclinae

DISTRIBUTION :  The species found distrubted in South Asia

STATUS: 

HABITAT 

HABITS : Creon flies fast and has a liking for flowers. It can be found near forest streams areas, and comes to damp or wet patches

IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES: 

SIMILAR SPECIES : 

LARVAL HOST PLANTS

Helicanthes elasticus (Loranthaceae). Viscum capitellatum (Santalaceae).

LIFE CYCLE

MORE IMAGES

Male
Female
Female
Male



Courtesy 

Write up:Wikipaedia
Images: TNHS, Ifoundbutterflies.org

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