Danaus genutia genutia (Cramer, [1779]) Malayalam Name : വരയൻ കടുവ Family : Nyphalidae Sub-family : Danainae Tribe : Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION Pe STATUS: No HABITAT This butterfly occurs in scrub jungles, fallowland adjacent to habitation, dry and moist deciduous forests, preferring areas of moderate to heavy rainfall. Also occurs in degraded hill slopes and ridges, both, bare or denuded, and, those covered with secondary growth HABITS Members of this genus are leathery, tough to kill and fake death. Since they are unpleasant to smell and taste, they are soon released by the predators, recover and fly off soon thereafter. The butterfly sequesters toxins from plants of the family Asclepiadaceae . The butterflies also congregate with othe...
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