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Euploea core
The Common Crow (Euploea core) is a glossy black butterfly with brown underside with white marks along the outer margins of the wing. The wingspan is about 8–9 cm and the body also has prominent white spots.
Spotted on Jun 14, 2014
Submitted on Jun 15, 2014
8 Comments
Wow.. That's something interesting., thank you for the links and information Hema! I Wish I had stopped to take a look at their legs.. I'll keep that in mind!
Very Welcome, Neil.
That's great information, Hema. Hard to be an insect with only 4 legs. I'll add the link to my spotting as well.
For these butterflies only the last four of the six legs are used for standing on. The front two are small and vestigial, tucked up near the head, and no longer used as legs.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-...
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17...
Here is my spotting. If you look carefully you will see the other two tiny feet too!
only four walking legs. These are the "brush footed butterflies" called nymphalidae. The first pair of legs are modified as brushes and held forwards forming the pointy nose. They are used to clean its face, antennae and proboscis.
I had a butterfly spot from the same family and was fascinated to learn this,thanks to professor Martin L from Australia.
Wow.. I didn't know either..I got to feel his pointy legs when I tried to get him on my finger..
That's a fine looking specimen. Did you know they only had four legs? I didn't until my first spotting.