Butterfly
The butterfly Red Pierrot (Talicada nyseus).
- Distinctive features: Black upper wings, orange-red patch on the hindwing underside, white spots with black markings.
- Common in: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal.
- Behavior: Often rests on the underside of leaves, flies low, and is associated with succulents like Kalanchoe.
🌸 Plant
The flower is Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus).
- Features: Bright pink/purple flowers with five petals.
- Uses: Widely grown ornamental, medicinal properties (used in cancer drugs like Vincristine and Vinblastine).
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- “The Tiny Rebel: Meet the Red Pierrot Butterfly”
- Why it’s called a ‘rebel’ in nature (unusual habits like sitting under leaves).
- “From Garden Beauty to Life-Saving Medicine: The Story of Madagascar Periwinkle”
- Journey from ornamental flower to pharmaceutical hero.
- Fun fact: This humble garden flower gave us cancer-fighting drugs.
- Easy tips to grow it in pots and gardens.
- “Butterflies and Blooms: A Perfect Love Story”
- Relationship between butterflies and flowering plants.
- How Red Pierrot depends on plants like Kalanchoe and enjoys nectar from periwinkles.
- Why planting periwinkle attracts more butterflies.
- “5 Fun Facts about Red Pierrot Butterfly You Didn’t Know”
- It hides under leaves at night.
- Despite its small size, it has a striking warning coloration.
- Its caterpillars bore into succulent leaves.
- Found commonly even in cities.
- Symbol of transformation and endurance.
- “Pink Charm: The Cultural and Medicinal Journey of Periwinkle”
- Used in Ayurveda and traditional medicine.
- Symbolism of pink flowers in love and peace.
- Its modern-day pharmaceutical significance.