Euploea sylvester


Euploea sylvester, the double-branded crow, also known as the two-brand crow in Australia, is a butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of Australia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Several races of the butterfly are recognized. Race pelor is found in Australia.

Subspecies

The subspecies of Euploea sylvester are-
In shape, colour, and markings, it very closely resembles Euploea core. Males, however, can be distinguished at once by the presence of two brands instead of a single one on the forewing. Of the females Lionel de Nicéville says, females of E. coreta can be separated from the females of E. core by the following points: "First by the outline of the forewing being more entire; in core it is slightly but perceptibly scalloped- Second, by the underside of the forewing having a complete series of six spots, one between each pair of nervules outside the cell; in core two of these spots, those above the discoidal nervules, are always wanting. Third, the two brands on the interno-median area of the forewing in the male are faintly but quite perceptibly to be traced in the female in the same position."

Larval food plants

The double-banded crow feeds on plants of the families Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae and Moraceae and the specific species are Ficus obliqua, Ficus microcarpa, Ficus racemosa, Gymnema sylvestre and Ichnocarpus frutescens

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