Project butterfly Mankulam Division

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  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ

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, Rhynchosia minima, Vicia spp., Zornia diphylla (Fabaceae); Oxalis corniculata (Oxalidaceae); Heliotropium strigosum (Boraginaceae LIFE CYCLE MORE   IMAGES

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 margin with a narrow black band, the upper portion composed of a series of spots joined together, inwardly pale-edged, and often