Sahyadri Duffer
Discophora lepida lepida Malayam Name : മുളംകാടൻ Other Common Name : Sahyadri Duffer Order : Lepidoptera Super family : Papilionidea Family : Nymphalidae Sub Family : Apaturinae Tribe : DIST RIBUTION Western Ghats STATUS: common HABITAT Reed brakes, Bamboo area. HABITS IDENTIFICATION FEATURES SIMILAR SPECIES This species resembles Discophora celinde , but in the male the ground colour on the upperside is dark velvety brown without any blue reflections; the forewing is crossed pre-apically by three obliquely-placed, comparatively large, pale-blue spots with an ill-defined series of three or four much smaller subterminal spots; in the female the markings, though similar to those in the female of D. celinde , are on...