Short-Banded Sailor
Phaedyma columella singa

  1. Species
  2. Family

Family Nymphalidae
Subfamily Limenitidinae
Host Plants Andira inermis
 Cratoxylum cochinchinense
 Erythroxylum cuneatum
 Hibiscus tiliaceum
 Pterocarpus indicus

A common butterfly in parks and forests. It is one of the three white banded Sailors in Singapore. The young instar caterpillar has a habit of resting on the naked mid-vein of the host leaf after eating the lamina on the sides.




Author: Siyang
Posted: 2026-01-11