Knight Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Lebadea martha
Family : Nymphalidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Dry river bed,margin of river
Description : In knight butterfly,the upperside of both the wings is red colored.Both wings are crossed by a median white band with black crescent-shaped spots along it. Underside of the wings is dull brown colored but whitish inwards.Markings are same as upperside but diffuse.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Mycalesis malsara
(White-line Bushbrown) -
Hypolimnas bolina
(Great Eggfly) -
Junonia lemonias
(Lemon Pansy) -
Euthalia lubentina
(Gaudy Baron) -
Hypolimnas misippus
(Danaid Eggfly) -
Junonia orithya
(Blue Pansy) -
Lethe vindhya
(Black forester) -
Vagrans sinha
(Vagrant) -
Lethe europa
(Bamboo Treebrown) -
Lethe sinorix
(Tailed Red Forester)
References:
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, indiabiodiversity.org;photo credit:Pavel Kirillov(www.inaturalist.org/people/Pavel Kirillov),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, indiabiodiversity.org;photo credit:Pavel Kirillov(www.inaturalist.org/people/Pavel Kirillov),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.