Project butterfly Mankulam Division

 Potanthus Spp. (Darts) Mal ayalam Name : Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Oriens goloides  common names : Smaller Dartlet /Indian Dartlet DISTRIBUTION: There are 19 species of Potamus in India and 5 are reported from Kerala and Western Ghats IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Their species-level identification is based largely on structures of the male genitalia. Hence, they cannot be identified easily based on external traits such as wing SIMILAR SPECIES 1. Potanthus confucius ( Chinese Dart) 2. Potanthus pseudomaesa ( Indian Dart) 3.Potanthus pallidus (Pale Dart) 4.Potanthus palnia palnia (Palni Dart) 5. Potanthus pava pava (Yellow Dart) LARVAL HOST PLANTS   Poaceae MORE IMAGES  

Thoressa sitala  (de Nicéville, 1885) Mal ayalam Name : Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Thoressa evershedi common names : Tamil Ace / Nilgiri Plain Ace DISTRIBUTION: South India STATUS : Endemic to Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats HABITAT:  .  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Male. Upperside blackish-brown, much the same colour as in H. sitala. Forewing with the spots similarly placed, but a little smaller. Cilia grey, with brown patches. Hindwing without markings, uniformly coloured. Cilia grey, without the patches. Underside. Forewing paler brown, the costal and apical areas suffused with ochreous-red, the spots as on the upperside. Hindwing ochreous-red, the abdominal half of the wing and the costa (narrowly) suffused with brown, the outer margin with a brownish macular band and with indications of some brownish discal spots. Antennae black, ringed with white, apical half of club orange-red, the lower half of the clu...

  Thoressa evershedi   (Evans, 1910)   Mal ayalam Name : Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Thoressa evershedi common names : Evershed's Ace / Travancore Tawny Ace DISTRIBUTION: South India STATUS: Endemic to Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats HABITAT:  .  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Male. Upperside blackish-brown, much the same colour as in H. sitala. Forewing with the spots similarly placed, but a little smaller. Cilia grey, with brown patches. Hindwing without markings, uniformly coloured. Cilia grey, without the patches. Underside. Forewing paler brown, the costal and apical areas suffused with ochreous-red, the spots as on the upperside. Hindwing ochreous-red, the abdominal half of the wing and the costa (narrowly) suffused with brown, the outer margin with a brownish macular band and with indications of some brownish discal spots. Antennae black, ringed with white, apical half of club orange-red, the low...