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Butterfly populations are a very good indicator of the health of an area's ecosystem !!
Charaxes solon is found in South and Southeast Asia.
They occur in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Indochina,
Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and the Philippines (Palawan, Sulu Archipelago). In India, they occur in South India, and the Himalayas from Kumaon, Sikkim, into Bhutan, through Assam, and onto Myanmar. (In South Asia, they are not rare.)
They are generally a low elevation butterfly and can be found at altitudes up to 1950 m (6500 feet) level.
On the dorsal side, they are dark brown black with green or white discal bands across both the wings. The band is broken into spots towards the apex of the fore wing. The hind wing has two similar sized tails at veins 2 and 4. These tails are longer in the females and more pointed in the males.
*As members of the Brush Footed (Nymphalidae) family, they use their pair of shorter frony legs for food tasting, and their two pairs of longer rear legs for propulsion.
Diet: caterpillars generally feed on Fabaceae, such as Tamarind Tamarindus Indica.
Diet: adults take nectar generally do not visit carrion or old fruit to drink liquids.
Avg. Wingspan: 7 - 8 cm / 2.75 – 3.14 “
Family: Nymphalidae
The single biggest threat to butterfly survival is habitat destruction!!
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