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Common Crow (Euploea core) and Glassy Tiger (Parantica aglea) butterflies flying in slow motion in India. Common crow and Glassy Tiger fly in slow motion Common Crow (Euploea core): The subfamily Danainae, which includes the Monarchs & Tigers, Nymphs and Crows, comprises of about 190 species worldwide. The genus Euploea is very distinctive. All of the 59 known species are dark brown in colour, and most have a double band of white spots on the underside of the wings, and tiny white spots on the sides of the thorax. On the upperside, males of most species have a deep blue or purple sheen, but in Euploea core the upperside is similar to the underside and lacks any sheen. Euploea core is distributed from India and Sri Lanka to south China, and via the Malay peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawe
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