Ariadne merione ginosa

Fruhstorfer 1912 - The Common Castor

Koh Samui only.

Uncommon butterfly of the forests and forest edges. It can be distinguished from Ariadne isaeus by the white spot on the forewing, and from Ariadne ariadne by the two black lines just past the cell on both fore and hind wings.

Flight Period

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Wingspan

38 - 45mm

Early Stages

Fully known. More detailed life history information is available from the following resources: S. Igarishi - Life Histories of Asian Butterflies, Volume.1 , Page 377.

Larval Foodplant

Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) - Castor-Oil Plant

Range

Peninsular Thailand, Malay Peninsular and Sumatra. Other subspecies in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand (not Peninsular) through Indo-China to S. China, Borneo, Java, Philippines and Sulawesi.