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Blue Glassy Tiger

Ideopsis vulgaris macrina

Photo by Jen Chong
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Field Notes

Description:

The presence of a transverse black bar in the forewing cell distinguishes the Blue Glassy Tiger from the Dark Glassy Tiger.

Habitat:

Common in Spore, in coastal mangrove areas.
Hostplants:Tylophora fleuxosa Attracted to the partially dried plants of Heliotropium indicum, usually turning up within an hour or two after the plants are hung up in the forest reserves. Larvae feeds on a lactiferous species of Asclepiadaceae, particularly Gymnema spp. and is thus distasteful to birds.

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PublishedJune 17, 2014

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