Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Aeromachus dubius    dubius ( Elwes & Amp; Edwards, 1897) Malayalam Name : ചോല പുൽച്ചാടൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperinae Sub species : Aeromachus dubius dubius common names : Sahyadri Dingy Scrub Hopper DISTRIBUTION            Indo-Malayan Realm STATUS: Not rare HABITAT:  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Male. Upperside dark (olive-brown), the post-medial series of spots on the forewing very indistinct or wanting, sex mark on the forewing a small inconspicuous fold of raised scales in cell 1A, next vein 1A near the middle. Underside forewing umber-brown, the apical and costal regions similar to the hindwing, a small pale spot near the upper distal angle of the cell, the post-medial series of pale spots represented by about six spots, which become gradually fainter in their course from cells 8-3, a pale anteciliary line, hindwing ochreous-brown by reason of a close sprinkling of y...

Aeromachus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1775) Malayalam Name : ചിന്ന പുൽച്ചാടൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Coeliadinae Sub species : Aeromachus pygmae common names : Pygmy Scrub Hopper DISTRIBUTION:  India, Burma and Thailand STATUS:  HABITAT : HABIT:  IDENTIFICATION FEATURES:  Sexes alike.Upperside uniform olive-brown, without any markings; in some examples there are very faint indications of some discal and sub-marginal marks. Underside paler; a small whitish spot at the end of the cell, sometimes absent, an indistinct whitish LARVAL HOST PLANT:  The larvae feed on  Polytrias indica (Java Grass)  and  Stenotaphrum secundatum   ( Buffallo Grass/ St. Augustine grass ) MORE IMAGES  കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ