Sahyadri Redspot Duke
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 ...