Euploea phaenareta castelnaui - C & R Felder 1865    The Great Crow

                                        upperside (to be improved!!!)      Male                          underside                                                             upperside                       Female                            underside
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Wingspan : 90 - 105mm

Species details :The largest of the Euploea group found in Thailand. Originally, this species was considered to be a butterfly of the Mangrove swamps. However, with the dramatic increase in population, and the corresponding increase in gardens, it can now be found wherever its foodplant, the PongPong tree (a popular ornamental tree) is grown.

A common visitor to gardens.

Early Stages         : More detailed life history information is available from the following resources: S. Igarishi - Life Histories of Asian Butterflies, Volume.1 , Page 322.     

                                                                                                                                         5th instar larva                                                                  pupa

Larval Foodplant : Cerbera odonllam (PongPong Tree) and Cerbera manghas

Range                    : Sri Lanka, India through Burma, the Malay Peninsular along the Archipelago to Australia and the Bismarck Islands.