Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Cupitha purreea (Moore, 1877) Mal ayalam Name : മെയ് മെഴുകൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Cupitha purreea common names : Wax Dart DISTRIBUTION: Indo-Malayan Realm STATUS: HABITAT:  .  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Upperside blackish-brown; cilia yellow, slightly alternated with black; forewing with a gamboge-yellow basal streak, and a median oblique irregular band commencing from near apex, extending to hindmargin and terminating at its base; hindwing with a short median yellow band. Underside sulphur-yellow; forewing with a broad darkbrown basal streak, a small spot at end of cell, and a large patch at posterior angle; hindwing with a brown-speckled streak along inner margin, terminating broadly at anal angle. Body above brown, head and thorax interspersed with yellow hairs; abdomen narrowly banded with yellow; palpi black above, yellow below. Legs and body beneath yellow. Female Larger than the male, with the yello...

Arnetta mercara (Evans, 1932) male Mal ayalam Name : കാട്ടുതുള്ളൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Arnetta mercara common names : Coorg Forest Bob DISTRIBUTION: Western Ghats STATUS: HABITAT:  .  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Upper side: Forewing only with conspicuous conjoined hyaline white apical spots, no discal spots. Underside: Hindwing varies from dark (wet season form), to a variegated form (dry season form) with central and submarginal grey scaling. Forewing of male: 15 mm.  SIMILAR SPECIES Resembles dry season form of  Astictopterus jama .  LARVAL HOST PLANTS Imperata cylindrica (Poaceae). MORE IMAGES   female female male