Common Silverline

Cigaritis vulcanus (Fabricius, 1775)

MALE


Malayalam Name     

:

നാട്ടു വെള്ളിവരയൻ

Common Name

;

Plumbeous Silverline

Order 

:

Lepidoptera

Super Family            

:

Papilionoidae (Butterflies)

Family              

: 

Lycaenidae

Sub Family

:

Aphnaeinae

DISTRIBUTION :  The species found distrubted in Asia and the Sub species Spindasis vulcanus vulcanus distributed in India.

STATUS: 

HABITAT : It inhabits scrub land with sparse vegetation, hedge rows, scrub jungles and secondary forest.

HABITS :They are difficult to disturb when nectaring on flowers but are able to fly fast erratically. Even when disturbed they return to the same spot a moment later. Mainly, they are found near their host plants.

IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES: 

SIMILAR SPECIES : 

Look like Cigaritis schistacea (Plumbeous Silverline) which has short outer marginal orange strip  around the tail and with blue tinge on upperside of hindwing of males. the Common Silverline has a long outer marginal orange strip in males.

LARVAL HOST PLANTS 

Carissa carandas (Apocynanceae). Cadaba fruticosa (Capparaceae). Dioscorea wallichii (Dioscoreaceae). Diospyros melanoxylon, Diospyros montana (Ebenaceae). Cassia fistula (Fabaceae). Clerodendrum indicum, Volkameria inermis (Lamiaceae). Woodfordia floribunda (Lythraceae). Ziziphus jujuba, Ziziphus rugosa (Rhamnaceae). Canthium coromandelicum (Rubiaceae). Allophylus cobbe (Sapindaceae).

LIFE CYCLE

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Write up:Wikipaedia
Images: TNHS

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