Common Jester

Symbrenthia lilaea · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

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Common Jester
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The common jester has a black upper side with orange-yellow markings and distinctive bands on the hindwing. It lives in the Himalayas from Pakistan to Sikkim and extends through Assam, Burma, Tenasserim and into the Malayan region of South and Southeast Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The hindwing shows a broad sub-basal transverse band that narrows toward the costal margin and a postdiscal band that contracts into a line, sometimes crossed by black spots and a very slender subterminal line.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It inhabits the Himalayas from the Hazara division of Pakistan to Sikkim, as well as Assam, Burma, Tenasserim and the Malayan subregion.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Symbrenthia lilaea, the peninsular jester, is found in South and Southeast Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It forms a superspecies with Symbrenthia hippoclus.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbrenthia_lilaea

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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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