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Dakhan Spotted Flat

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    Celaenorrhinus ambareesa (Moore, [1866])  Mal ayalam Name : പുള്ളി പരപ്പൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Prginae Sub species : Celaenorrhinus ambareesa common names : Dakhan/Malabar Spotted Flat DISTRIBUTION India STATUS: Not Rare HABITAT:  This butterfly is commonly found in moist-deciduous, semi-evergreen and secondary evergreen forests with a dense herb and shrub layers. It is particularly frequent in places where openings in the canopy let sunlight fall on the ground vegetation HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Wingspan: 45 to 55 mm.  SIMILAR SPECIES  Common spotted flat, the semi-transparent white spots on the upperside of the forewings are separated from each other. LARVAL HOST PLANTS Eranthemum purpurascens, Eranthemum roseum, Strobilanthes callosa, Strobilanthes ciliata (=Nilgirianthus ciliatus), Strobilanthes lanata, Strobilanthes lupulina (Acanthace LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Imag...
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Dakhan Alida Angle

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  Abaratha alida vespa   (Evans, 1949) Mal ayalam Name : പുള്ളി പരപ്പൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Pyrginae Sub species : Abaratha alida vespa common names : Dakhan Alida Angle DISTRIBUTION : Species distributed in Africa and Asia. STATUS: HABITAT: . HABITS IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Male. Upper.side ochreous-brown. Forewing with five sub-apical white spots, the three from near the costa in an outwardly oblique straight line, the two lower ones minute, sometimes absent; a small round dot within the cell before its middle, a spot within the outer end, highly excavated on its outer side, its upper half merely a short curved streak, a round spot in the middle of the first median interspace, a round dot outside towards the base of the second median interspace, a minute dot immediately below the lower spot and a small round spot inwardly below it, both in the interno-median interspace, a very minute dot close to the costa at its middle, all the spots and d...
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