Jocker

 Byblia ilithyia ജോക്കർ

Malayalam Name 

:

ജോക്കർ

Family 

:

Nymphalidae

Sub-family             

:

Biblidinae

Tribe                     

: 

Leptociaini

Order

:

Lepidoptera


DISTRIBUTION
               Africa and Asia
STATUS:   Not common
HABITAT

HABITS
Tts
IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES
Small size Black and white butterfly with wingspan50-55 mm. 

Male has the upperwings of a deep rich orange. The forewing has the costa broadly black until nearly the apex. The cell has three narrow short black bands,  A postdiscal broad transverse black band from dorsum to vein 4, with the portions of the veins beyond it defined in black. Underside paler duller orange. Forewing: black markings as on the upperside, but the cell and upper discal markings obscurely margined on the inner side by white;

Female similar, with similar markings, but on the upperside the ground colour is paler, the black markings narrower. 

SIMILAR SPECIES  
LARVAL HOST PLANTS
Tragia involucrata, T. plukenetii (Euphorbiaceae).

LIFE CYCLE


MORE IMAGES

Male
Female
Male







Courtesy 
Write up:Wikipaedia
Images: TNHS

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