Colour Sergeant
Last update on:
14/2/2025
Common Name
Colour Sergeant
Latin Name
𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘦
Taxa
Butterflies
Family
Nymphalidae
Habitats
Woodland
Former Farmland
Features
Sexually dimorphic: The upper side of wings is brown-black. Females feature three parallel orange-yellow horizontal stripes on the upper side, with the stripe on the forewing being arrow-shaped—it widens from the base, has a serrated upper edge, and narrows sharply at the tip. Males have three parallel white horizontal stripes on their upper side and orange spots near the tips of the forewings.
Behaviour
Reference
Yiu, V. (Ed.) (2004).《香港觀蝶圖鑑觀蝶地圖》[Hong Kong Butterfly Guide and Observation Sites]. Hong Kong Lepidopterists’ Society and Hong Kong Discovery.