Euploea cordelia
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Euploea cordelia faces significant pressure from habitat destruction as tropical forests across its range are cleared for agriculture and urban development. The species' dependence on specific host plants makes it particularly vulnerable to forest fragmentation, which isolates populations and reduces genetic diversity. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the distribution of both the butterfly and its essential food plants, potentially creating mismatches in their ecological relationships.
Habitat
Euploea cordelia inhabits tropical and subtropical forests, particularly favoring primary and secondary rainforest environments with dense canopy cover. The species is typically found in lowland to mid-elevation forests where its host plants in the Apocynaceae and Moraceae families are abundant.
