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Common Banded Demon

Notocrypta paralysos

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Description:

Rather rare butterfly found in wet zone jungles upto about 1500m a.s.l . Its larva feeds on plants of family Zingiberaceae such as Zingiber zerumbet. It has a rather fast up and down flight with frequently settling on foliages.

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PublishedJune 6, 2013

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