Family : Nymphalidae
Genus : Ypthima
Local host plants : Family Poaceae
Location : Divulapitiya, Sri Lanka
|White four-ring butterflies|
White Four-ring is a very common butterfly in the observed location. It always prefers to fly at the ground level. Its larva feeds on plants of the Family Poaceae. Eye spots on the fore wing are used as a protective method. It is common to see them bask with their wings open.
|White four-ring butterfly underside view|
White four-ring butterfly has quite weak flight and often stops on leaf blades for resting.
|White four-ring butterfly feeding on Vernonia cinerea|
|White Four-ring Open wing|
|White Four-ring butterfly|
|White four-ring female butterfly laying eggs on a grass blade|