| Species name |
Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
Spotted joker or Joker |
| Taxonomy |
Papilio ilithyia Drury, 1773
Papilio polinice Stoll, 1782
Papilio gotzius Herbst, 1798
Hypanis cora Feisthamel, 1850
Byblia ilithyia var. badiata Grünberg, 1910
Byblia ilithyia f. aestivalis Ungemach, 1932 |
| Subspecies |
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Geographical Range
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Parts of Africa, central and southern India, and Sri Lanka. |
| Distribution Map |
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Biology
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Host plant: Tragia dubanensis, Tragia glabrata, Dalechampia capensis, and Tragia cannabina. |
| Nigeria |
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| Nigeria |
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References
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Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South
Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
Bingham, C. T. 1905. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Vol. 1
Murty AS and NN Rao (1976) Note on the chromosomes of Byblia ilithyia (Drury)
(Nymphalidae). J. Res. Lepid. 15(3):129-131 |
