Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775) Malayalam Name : തവിടൻ ആര Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Coeliadinae Sub species : common names : Brown Awl DISTRIBUTION:  Asia, Oceania and Australia STATUS: Common HABITAT:  A forest butterfly,c ommon in deciduous forests during the monsoon months and the evergreen forests in the following months HABITS Brown awl favours openings and edges of deciduous and evergreen forests while its caterpillars are to be found in moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests. It flies about either late or early in the morning in the shade of the jungles IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Wing Span: 30-42 mm. The sexes are alike, except for three to four semi-transparent spots on the forewing which cannot be differentiated in the field. The brown awl is a non-descript brown butterfly, darker above and lighter below.     Unlike the other awls, the brown awl lacks the narrow white wing bands on the hindwings. The very distin...