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Scientific Name : Rohana parisatis
Family : Nymphalidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Hilly forests
Description : Male black prince butterflies are black colored on the upperside of the wings.On the underside of wings they contain dark lines on a brown base that is suffused with purple.Antennae is black colored.In case of female butterfly,the upperside of wings is yellowish-brown that is decorated with brown marks and line.Underside of the wings is similar to that of male but the markings are more defined.Antennae is light brown colored.
Distribution in Bangladesh
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Euripus nyctelius
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Cyrestis cocles
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Mycalesis malsara
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Junonia almana
(Peacock Pansy) -
Vagrans sinha
(Vagrant) -
Pantoporia hordonia
(Common Lascar) -
Pantoporia paraka
(Perak Lascar) -
Elymnias malelas
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Polyura delphis
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References:
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Bingham, C.T. 1905. The Fauna of British India.photo credit:Ravi Vaidyanathan(www.inaturalist.org/people/Ravi Vaidyanathan),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, Bingham, C.T. 1905. The Fauna of British India.photo credit:Ravi Vaidyanathan(www.inaturalist.org/people/Ravi Vaidyanathan),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.