Butterflies

金斑蝶
Plain Tiger
Danaus chrysippus

Plain Tiger is not widespread in Hong Kong but is common in Wetland Park. Visitors can find Plain Tiger flying around its larval food plants, Blood Flower (Asclepias curassavica) in summer. The caterpillars of Plain Tiger feed on the poisonous Blood Flower and keep the poison inside its body as a self-defence mechanism against predators.

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