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Sahyadri Redspot Duke

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Dophla evelina laudabilis Swinhoe, 1890  Male Malayalam Name  : കനിരാജൻ Family  : Nyphalidae Sub-family              : Limetidinae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                   The subspecies found in south India STATUS:    HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Wing Span: 81–113 mm Male upperside somewhat dark metallic green. Forewing: cell with two median sinuous short black transverse lines with a crimson spot between them, two similar lines beyond, one before, one after apex of cell; followed by a dark irregular transverse shading between the veins; apex of wing broadly and termen narrowly edged with an obscure dark shading. Hindwing with a slender black loop in cell; very obscure discal and sub terminal dark macular bands and the anterior third of the wing ...