The Red Ring Skirt ( Hestina assimilis ) is the mystery butterfly I told you about some time ago. I just found what it is and lots of photos of it including some info! YAY! I found the following info on wikipedia and I will post more if there is more out there which I believe there is.
From Wikipedia:
Hestina assimilis, the Red Wing Skirt is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in Asia. It is a large butterfly. The male is strongly territorial, always staying in high positions to defend it's territory.
And here is some info with pics of the larvæ, pupa, and adult:
http://ccs-hk.org/DM/butterfly/Nymphal/Hestina-assimilis.html
2 comments:
Hello. My name is Raito. I'm doing some research for a story which includes the following butterflys:
Hestina assimilis
Sasakia charonda
Kaniska canace
Parantica xuthus
Caropsilia pomona
Vindula erota
Auzakia danaua
Papilio maacki
I haven't really been able to find some good info on them, like territorial habits, traits, color. If you have any info on them, I would greatly appreciate you telling me. Contact me at tuffycrisis@yahoo.com. Thanks so much.
RAITO
Hey!
Thanks for telling me. Well you got one of them and I'll see what I can find for the rest of them.
And I'll also post what I find for my own sake since I love finding out about new butterfly species.
Thanks for dropping by!
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