Common Map
Cyrestis thyodamas indica Evans, 1924 മാപ്പ് ശലഭം Malayalam Name : മാപ്പ് ശലഭം Common Name ; Common Map Order : Lepidoptera Super Family : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family : Nympalidae Sub Family : Cyrestinae DIST RIBUTION Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia STATUS: No HABITAT HABITS It has been recorded as a migrant in southern India and is known to mud-puddle IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Small size Black and white butterfly with wingspan 50-60 mm. Males and females upperside white, in many specimens pale ochraceous yellow, veins black. Forewing with four very slender irregularly sinuous transverse black lines, the costal margin shaded with ochraceous at base and fuscous beyond; cell crossed by three or ...