Yellow Glassy Tiger vs Harvester Butterfly

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Yellow Glassy Tiger Harvester Butterfly
Scientific Name Parantica aspasia Feniseca tarquinius
Order Lepidoptera Lepidoptera
Family Nymphalidae Lycaenidae
Size 70-85 mm wingspan 28-33 mm wingspan
Habitat Forests Rivers & Streams
Diet Nectar Feeders Sap Feeders
Regions Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi) Eastern North America
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Yellow Glassy Tiger

A delicate danainae butterfly with semi-transparent wings marked with black veins and margins and pale yellowish cells. It flies slowly and gracefully through the forest understory.

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Did You Know?

Males possess specialized hair-pencils on the abdomen that release pheromones during courtship to attract females.

Harvester Butterfly

The only carnivorous butterfly in North America, whose caterpillar feeds on woolly aphids rather than plants. Adults are small and orange-brown with dark spotting.

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Did You Know?

The caterpillar camouflages itself with the waxy white filaments of its aphid prey while feeding.