Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Apaturinae > Apaturini > Euripus
Euripus consimilis (Westwood, [1851]) – Painted Courtesan
Subspecies in India:
(1) Euripus consimilis meridionalis Wood-Mason, 1881 – Sahyadri Painted Courtesan
(2) Euripus consimilis consimilis (Westwood, [1851]) – Himalayan Painted Courtesan
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
(2) Euripus consimilis consimilis (Westwood, [1851]) – Himalayan Painted Courtesan
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.- Photo Gallery
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Euripus consimilis consimilis – Himalayan Painted Courtesan
Euripus consimilis meridionalis – Sahyadri Painted Courtesan
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Trema orientalis (Bell 1909; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010) (Cannabaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Apaturinae > Apaturini > Euripus
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Saji, K. and G. Mohan. 2021. Euripus consimilis (Westwood, [1851]) – Painted Courtesan. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/1013/Euripus-consimilis
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