Butterflies of Sri Lanka - #05 Common Indian Crow

This butterfly is as common as crow. It is also not afraid as none of the birds want to taste this butterfly which is full of alkaloid imbibed during its caterpillar stage of life. Yesterday evening I ventured out in my garden with my gears to find any good critter to shoot. This Common Crow (Euploea core asela) was very friendly and allowed me to take very closeup shots. All shots were taken using Nikon D3200 with Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II Lens.

It is a common butterfly found in South Asia. In Sri Lanka it is also sometimes referred to as the Common Crow and in Australia as the Australian Crow.

ISO -100  f/8 1/250sec