Euploea mulciber, the striped blue crow, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Striped Blue Crow being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Euploea camaralzeman
- Euploea phaenareta
- Euploea midamus
- Papilio paradoxa
- Euploea algea
- Parantica nilgiriensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Euploea
- Species
- Euploea mulciber
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