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September 06, 2023

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;