Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Danainae > Danaini > Euploea
Euploea core (Cramer, [1780]) – Common Crow
Subspecies in India:
(1) Euploea core core (Cramer, [1780]) – Indian Common Crow
- Photo Gallery
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
This species occurs all over India.
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Adenium obesum (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Asclepias curassavica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Carissa carandas (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Carissa spinarum (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Cascabela thevetia (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Cryptolepis dubia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Cryptolepis sinensis (Moore 1890; Pant & Chatterjee 1950; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Hemidesmus indicus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Holarrhena (Robinson et al. 2010), Ichnocarpus frutescens (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Nerium (Robinson et al. 2010), Nerium oleander (Moore 1890; Pant & Chatterjee 1950; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Tylophora indica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) Wrightia antidysenterica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae). Ficus (Robinson et al. 2010), Ficus benghalensis (Moore 1890; Pant & Chatterjee 1950; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Ficus drupacea (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Ficus pumila (Aravind 2005), Ficus racemosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Ficus religiosa (Sevastopulo 1938; Pant & Chatterjee 1950; Robinson et al. 2010), Streblus asper (Bell 1909a; Robinson et al. 2010; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Moraceae).
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.
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.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Danainae > Danaini > Euploea
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Saji, K., H. Ogale, R. Lovalekar, Nitin R., A. Mitra, S. Hiremath, P. Gokhale, S. Debnath, and R. P. Mahajan. 2021. Euploea core (Cramer, [1780]) – Common Crow. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/536/Euploea-core