Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Caprona agama agama (Moore, [1858]) Mal ayalam Name : Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Pyrginae Sub species : Caprona agama agama common names : Oriental Spotted Angle DISTRIBUTION Indo-Malayan Realm STATUS: HABITAT:  .  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Wet & Dry season Forms distict. SIMILAR SPECIES LARVAL HOST PLANTS Microcos spp. (Malvaceae ) MORE IMAGES   wet season form wet season form dry season form Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS & iFoundbutterfly.org കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ

Caprona ransonnettii potiphera (Hewitson, 1873) Mal ayalam Name : സ്വർണ്ണപരപ്പൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperrinae Sub species :  Caprona ransonnettii potiphera common names : Dakhan Golden Angle DISTRIBUTION India & Southeast Asia STATUS: HABITAT:  .  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Upperside fuliginous ochreous-brown. Male; forewing with three small semi-transparent white spots before the apex (and sometimes one or two very minute spots obliquely below them), two spots within end of the cell, a slender spot between the upper and middle median veins, a larger spot between the latter vein and submedian, and followed below it by two small obliquely disposed spots; a marginal double row of pale indistinct small lunules; hindwing with a broad medial discal macular pale ochreous band traversed by brown veins and a spot within end of the cell, the outer discal area suffused with grey-brown. Cilia alternated with white. Female; forewing...