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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
General
Conservation
Distribution
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References
General Information
Phaedyma columella columella
Short-banded Sailer
Animal Group:
Butterfly
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Nymphalinae
Other Common Name(s):
Short-banded Sailor
Description:
Caterpillars feed on
Crotoxylum cochinchinense
and
Sterculia lanceolata
. Wingspan ranges from 55 to 70mm. They occur throughout the whole year except February and December.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Widely distributed in woodland area throughout Hong Kong
Global Distribution
Hainan, Guangxi, Zhejiang
Photo Gallery
No more photo available
References
More on Butterfly in HK
Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999.
The butterflies of Hong Kong.
Academic Press.
Hill, D.S., Johnson, G., Bascombe, M.J. 1978. Annotated Checklist of Hong Kong Butterflies.
Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society
11: 1-62.
