Plain longtail

Wing span:

Identification: Tailed butterfly with brown wings. The forewings have a central oblique transparent band and three smaller subapical transparent spots. The hindwings have faint brown markings on the underside. 

Variation:

Behaviour:

Habitat:

Larval food plantArachis hypogaeaCalopogonium mucunoidesCentrosema angustifoliumCentrosema pubescensDesmodium incanum, Hiraea reclinataRhynchosia pyramidalisVigna adenantha (Warren et al., 2013)

Adult food: Flower nectar of Ageratum and Stachytarpheta

Reported from: Georgetown (Region 4), Surama Eco-Lodge (Region 9), Demerara River