Sahyadri Blue Nawab

Charaxes schreiber wardii (Moore, 1896) നീല നവാബ് Malayalam Name : നീല നവാബ് Family : Nymphalidae Sub-family : Charaxinae Tribe : Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION Asia and South East Asia STATUS: Not common HABITAT They are found in . HABITS T ts IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Large size Black butterfly with wingspan 95-100 mm. Male has upperside ground colour black, glossed slightly with dull indigo-blue, or, in some specimens, light green at the base of the wings. Forewings and hindwings with a broad white discal bar from interspace 4 in forewing to just below the apex of the median vein in the hindwing, narrowing on the latter wing to a point. This bar has, on the outer side on both forewings and hindwin...