Project butterfly Mankulam Division

  Acytolepis lilacea   (Hampson, 1889)  Malayalam Name      : കാട്ടു വേലിനീലി Common Name ; Hampson’s  /Sahyadri Lilac  Hedge Blue Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae   DISTRIBUTION                 Indo-malayan Realm and Australian Realm. Sub Species found in South India STATUS:    common HABITAT They are found in semi-arid plains, degraded patches of evergreen patches, and semi-evergreen forest, gardens, hill stations and forests—in fact, wherever its food plant,  Kalanchoe , is abund...

Acytolepis puspa felderi Toxopeus, 1927 Malayalam Name      : നാട്ടു വേലിനീലി Common Name ; Malabar Common Hedge Blue Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae   DISTRIBUTION: Species distributed in Indo-malayan realm. Sub species found in Western Ghats STATUS:    Very common HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small sized butterfly with wingspan 25-35 mm.   SIMILAR SPECIES:   LARVAL HOST PLANTS: Shorea roxburghii (Dipterocarpaceae) ; Cratoxylum cochinchinense, Moullava spicata, Paracalyx scariosus, Peltophorum pterocarpu...