Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, [1844])  Mal ayalam Name : നാട്ടു പുള്ളി പരപ്പൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Pyrginae Sub species : Celaenorrhinus leucocera common names : Common Spotted Flat DISTRIBUTION India STATUS: Not Rare HABITAT:  This butterfly is commonly found in moist-deciduous, semi-evergreen and secondary evergreen forests with a dense herb and shrub layers. It is particularly frequent in places where openings in the canopy let sunlight fall on the ground vegetation HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Wingspan: 45 to 55 mm.  SIMILAR SPECIES  Common spotted flat, the semi-transparent white spots on the upperside of the forewings are separated from each other. LARVAL HOST PLANTS Eranthemum purpurascens, Eranthemum roseum, Strobilanthes callosa, Strobilanthes ciliata (=Nilgirianthus ciliatus), Strobilanthes lanata, Strobilanthes lupulina (Acanthace LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS ...

Celaenorrhinus putra  putra  (Moore, [1866]) Mal ayalam Name : പുള്ളി പരപ്പൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Prginae Sub species : Celaenorrhinus putra putra common names : Bengal Restricted Spotted Flat/ Bengal Spotted Flat DISTRIBUTION India & Southeast Asia STATUS: Not Rare HABITAT:  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Wingspan: 45 to 55 mm. Male. Upperside dark fuliginous-blackish-brown, nearly black Forewing with three semi-hyaline, small, sub-apical spots, in an outwardly oblique curve from near the costa, with the usual two lower spots placed outwards, the upper spots not conjoined and smaller than in leucocera, a discal band, not nearly so outwardly oblique as in C. leucocera, the upper end within the extremity of the cell, its upper half smaller than its lower, a short square spot in the interspace below, separated by the median vein, its inner side below the middle of the upper spot, its outer side very little beyond the other, a dot...

    Celaenorrhinus ambareesa (Moore, [1866])  Mal ayalam Name : പുള്ളി പരപ്പൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Prginae Sub species : Celaenorrhinus ambareesa common names : Dakhan/Malabar Spotted Flat DISTRIBUTION India STATUS: Not Rare HABITAT:  This butterfly is commonly found in moist-deciduous, semi-evergreen and secondary evergreen forests with a dense herb and shrub layers. It is particularly frequent in places where openings in the canopy let sunlight fall on the ground vegetation HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Wingspan: 45 to 55 mm.  SIMILAR SPECIES  Common spotted flat, the semi-transparent white spots on the upperside of the forewings are separated from each other. LARVAL HOST PLANTS Eranthemum purpurascens, Eranthemum roseum, Strobilanthes callosa, Strobilanthes ciliata (=Nilgirianthus ciliatus), Strobilanthes lanata, Strobilanthes lupulina (Acanthace LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Imag...

Celaenorrhinus fusca (Hampson, 1888) Mal ayalam Name : ചോല പുള്ളി പരപ്പൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Pyrginae Sub species : Celaenorrhinus fusca common names : Dusky Spotted Flat/Tamil Spotted Flat DISTRIBUTION India in the Western Ghats, Nilgiris and the Palni hills STATUS: I t is common along the Western Ghats, especially during the  monsoon . HABITAT:  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES The butterfly has a  wingspan  of 45 to 50 mm. SIMILAR SPECIES  The butterflies resemble the  Common Spotted Flat  except that the discal spot in 2 and the spot end cell of the forewing are separate. The upper hindwing is only obscurely marked. The  antenna  is chequered and has a white club. LARVAL HOST PLANTS Strobilanthes heyneana, Strobilanthes callosa , Strobilanthes ciliata (=Nilgirianthus ciliatus), Strobilanthes wightiana (Acanthaceae). LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Male Female Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images:...