Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Phalanta phalantha phalantha (Drury, [1773])  പുലി തെയ്യൻ Malayalam Name  : പുലി തെയ്യൻ Family  : Nyphalidae Sub-family              : Heliconinae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                   Pe STATUS:    No HABITAT The HABITS T ts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES The common leopard is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of 50–55 mm with a tawny colour and marked with black spots.    SIMILAR SPECIES    Con LARVAL HOST PLANTS Celastraceae, Gymnosporia spp., G. bachmannii (Celastraceae), Dovyalis spp., D. hebecarpa, Flacourtia spp., F. indica, F. jangomas, F. montana, Populus spp., P. deltoids, Salix spp., S. tetrasperma, Xylosma longifolia (Salicaceae), Androsace spp. (Primulaceae), Smilax (Smilacaceae). LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Courtesy...

Phalanta alcippe mercea (Evans, 1924)  കൊച്ചു പുലിതെയ്യൻ Malayalam Name  : കൊച്ചു പുലിതെയ്യൻ Family  : Nyphalidae Sub-family              : Heliconinae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                Asia STATUS:    No HABITAT The HABITS T ts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES The common leopard is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of 50–55 mm with a tawny colour and marked with black spots.    SIMILAR SPECIES    Con LARVAL HOST PLANTS Rinorea bengalensis, R. zeylanica (Violaceae). LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ

Acraea terpsicore (Linnaeus, 1758)  തീച്ചിറകൻ Malayalam Name  : തീച്ചിറകൻ Family  : Nyphalidae Sub-family              : Heliconidae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                    Species found in South Asia, South East Asia and Australia.  STATUS:    No HABITAT The HABITS T ts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small size Black and tawny orange butterfly with wingspan 53-64 mm. Upperside   tawny. Forewing: a transverse black spot in cell, and another irregular, oblique and broader at the discocellulars; a discal series of spots in interspaces 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10, and the apex and termen black. The upper four spots of the discal series inclined obliquely outwards, the lower two obliquely inwards; the black edging to apex and termen narrowing...

  Argynnis castetsi (Oberthür, 1891)   പളനി ചോലതെയ്യൻ Malayalam Name  : പളനി ചോലതെയ്യൻ Family  : Nyphalidae Sub-family              : Heliconidae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                   Pe STATUS:    No HABITAT The HABITS T ts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small size Black and white butterfly with wingspan 25-30 mm.   SIMILAR SPECIES    Nilgiri Frilillary and Indian Fritillary LARVAL HOST PLANTS Ziz LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES photo: Anila Manalil Palni Fritillary by Pradeep Krishnan Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ