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  Curetis acuta dentata  Moore, 1877  Malayalam Name      : ദന്ത സൂര്യശലഭം Common Name ; Indian Acute Sunbeam/ Angled Sunbeam Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Curetinae DISTRIBUTION : Papilio crino  (Fabricius  1793)  നാട്ടുമയൂരി     DISTRIBUTION The species is endemic to the Western Ghats. STATUS State Butterfly of Kerala. Not common,  but locally abundant in some areas having host plants. HABITAT Restricted mainly to the lowland evergreen and semi-evergreen forests and are common south of Karnataka. HABITS The Malabar Banded Peacock is the most beautiful butterfly in peninsular India. Mostly flies among the tree-tops. active during the noon and afternoon, flies fast and straight and the female are rarely seen as they probably spent most of th...
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Malay Silver Forget-me-not

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Catochrysops panormus exiguus (Distant, 1886)  Malayalam Name      : വെൺ നീലകൻ Common Name : Malay Forget-me-not Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae Synonyms : Lycaena panormus DISTRIBUTION This species can be found in  Indo-Malayan and Australian Realm   STATUS:  Common HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small butterfly with wingspab  is 25-35 mm . SIMILAR SPECIES: LARVAL HOST PLANTS Cultivated legumes (Family Leguminoseae) LIFE CYCLE MORE  IMAGES Courtesy...
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African Grass Jewel

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Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, 1845)   Malayalam Name      : ആഫ്രിക്കൻ രത്ന നീലി Common Name : African Grass Jewel Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae Synonyms : Chilades trochylus DISTRIBUTION This species can be found in  Africa, Asia, Southern Europe   STATUS:  Common HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Very small butterfly with  wingspan  is 20-22 mm . SIMILAR SPECIES: LARVAL HOST PLANTS Crotalaria hebecarpa, Indigofera spp., Lotus corniculatus, Pisum sativum, Rhynchosi...
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Parrhasius Small Cupid

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Chilades parrhasius parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) — Parrhasius Small Cupi   Malayalam Name      : കുഞ്ഞി മാരൻ Common Name : Parrhasius Small Cupid Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae Synonims : Hesperia parrhasius DISTRIBUTION Species found in Indo-Malayan Realm. The sub species syntala distributed in Peninsular India. STATUS:  HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small Blue butterfly with wingspan about 20-25 mm. Male:   Upperside dark greyish-blue, with a lilacine tint. Hindwing with the costal margin broadly blackish; the outer ...
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Sahyadri Baby Five Ring

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  Ypthima tabella Marshall & de Niceville, 1883 — Malayalam Name      : ചെറു പഞ്ചനേത്രി Common Name ; Sahyadri Baby Five Ring Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Satyrinae DISTRIBUTION :  South India STATUS :  HABITAT  :  HABITS : IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  Medium-sized brown butterfly with wingspan of 22 to 25 mm. The upper side of the male is brown, uniform in color. Fore-wing has a bipupilled ocellus. Hind-wing has two submarginal ocelli between the median nervules . The underside is pale brown. Fore-wing has one ocellus. Hind-wing has s...
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