Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Chilades parrhasius parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) — Parrhasius Small Cupi   Malayalam Name      : കുഞ്ഞി മാരൻ Common Name : Parrhasius Small Cupid Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae Synonims : Hesperia parrhasius DISTRIBUTION Species found in Indo-Malayan Realm. The sub species syntala distributed in Peninsular India. STATUS:  HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small Blue butterfly with wingspan about 20-25 mm. Male:   Upperside dark greyish-blue, with a lilacine tint. Hindwing with the costal margin broadly blackish; the outer ...

Chilades pandava pandava (Horsfield, [1829])  Malayalam Name      : കണ നീലി Common Name : Oriental Plain Cupid/ Cycad Blue Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae Synonims : Luthrodus pandava DISTRIBUTION Indo-Malayan Realm STATUS:  HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small sized butterfly with wingspan 25-30 mm. Male:  upperside is lavender blue. Forewing has the costa narrowly and terminal margin more broadly fuscous brown, the latter with in addition an anteciliary black line; cilia light brown transversely traver...