Acraea terpsicore

Tawny coster
Upperside, West Bengal, India
Underside, Komodo, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. terpsicore
Binomial name
Acraea terpsicore
Synonyms

Acraea violae (Fabricius, 1775)

Acraea terpsicore, the tawny coster,[1] is a small, 53–64 millimetres (2.1–2.5 in), leathery-winged butterfly common in grassland and scrub habitats. It belongs to the Nymphalidae or brush-footed butterfly family. It has a weak fluttery flight. It is avoided by most insect predators. This species and the yellow coster (Acraea issoria) are the only two Indian representatives of the predominantly African tribe Acraeini.[2] It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Maldives to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore,[3][4] and recently Australia.[5]

  1. ^ Bernaud, D.; Pierre, J. (1997). "Acraea terpsicore (Linné), problèmes de nomenclature et données biologiques (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)" (PDF). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 102 (5): 405–412. Bibcode:1997AnSEF.102..405P. doi:10.3406/bsef.1997.17365 – via Le site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud.
  2. ^ Moore, Frederic (1880). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London: L. Reeve & co. p. 66.
  3. ^ Varshney, R.; Smetacek, P. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India (2015 ed.). New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. p. 222.
  4. ^ Inayoshi, Yutaka. "Acraea violae   (Fabricius,1775)". Butterflies in Indo-China. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  5. ^ "Arrival of Tawny Coster butterflies on the East Australian Coast coinciding with the winds of Tropical Cyclone Debbie".