Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Euploea midamus midamus Blue-spotted Crow
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Danainae
Description:	Caterpillars feed on poisonous plant . Wingspan ranges from 80 to 95mm. On flight throughtout the whole year. Overwinter in colonies.

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Very Common

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Widely distributed throughout Hong Kong Global Distribution Tongking (Vietnam), Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang

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References

More on Butterfly in HK

Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999. The butterflies of Hong Kong. Academic Press.

Young, J.J., Yiu, V. 2002. Butterfly Watching in Hong Kong. Wan Li Book Co Ltd.

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.