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Blue spotted crow

Euploea midamus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The blue spotted crow (Euploea midamus) is a species in the family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the blue spotted crow

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
7 cm – 8 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
January, March to December
Larval food plants
Apocynaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the blue spotted crow?

BLUE SPOTTED CROW · WINGSPAN 8 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 8 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the blue spotted crow is about 4.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the blue spotted crow live?

Not recorded

Is the blue spotted crow endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blue spotted crow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusEuploea
  7. SpeciesEuploea midamus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Euploea atossa, Euploea cincinnatus, Euploea giva, Euploea similliana, Euploea superba, Isamia lombokiana, Papilio midamus, Papilio superbus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Blue-spotted crow butterflyEnglish
  • ছিট কাওয়াBangla
  • ミダムスルリマダラJapanese
  • ผีเสื้อจรกาจุดฟ้าThai
  • 蓝点紫斑蝶Chinese
  • 藍點紫斑蝶Chinese

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Relatives of the blue spotted crow

Other species in the same genus Euploea.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blue spotted crow?

An adult blue spotted crow has a wingspan of 7 cm – 8 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the blue spotted crow?

The blue spotted crow (Euploea midamus) belongs to the family Nymphalidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue spotted crow (Euploea midamus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-spotted-crow

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BibTeX
@misc{blue_spotted_crow_2026,
  title = {Blue spotted crow (Euploea midamus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-spotted-crow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}