Project butterfly Mankulam Division

  Arhopala bazaloides bazaloides (Hewitson, 1878)   Malayalam Name      :  പാണ്ടൻ   തളിർനീലി Common Name ; Broad-bordered DustedOakblue Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Theclinae DISTRIBUTION :   Asia  STATUS:   HABITAT  :  HABITS : IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  SIMILAR SPECIES :  LARVAL HOST PLANTS Shorea sp.  (Dipterocarpaceae) . LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ

Arhopala alea (Hewitson, 1862) Malayalam Name      : റോസ് തളിർ നീലി Common Name ; Sahyadri Rosy Oakblue Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Theclinae DISTRIBUTION :   Asia  STATUS:   HABITAT  :  HABITS : IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  SIMILAR SPECIES :  LARVAL HOST PLANTS The larvae are known to feed on  Terminalia paniculata  (Combretaceae). Shorea spp.(  Dipterocarpaceae) and Sysigium salicifolium (Myrtaceae) LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ

Arhopala abseus indicus Riley, 1923 Malayalam Name      :  ചിത്ര   തളിർനീലി Common Name ; Indian Aberrant Oakblue Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Theclinae DISTRIBUTION :   Asia  STATUS:   HABITAT  :  HABITS : IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  Male. Upperside, both wings violet-blue. Forewing with the outer margin rather broad. Hindwing with the margins as broad as in the females of other species. Underside, both wings brown tinted with lilac. Forewing with the transverse band long and narrow, slightly curved. Hindwing with the band broken, ill-defined; the anal angle irrorated with white SIMILAR SPECIES :  LARVAL HOST PLANTS The larvae are known to feed on  Terminalia  (Combretaceae).  Cassia fistula  ,  Entada...