Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Baracus subditus  (Moore, [1884]  Mal ayalam Name : ഷോല തുള്ളൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Baracus subditus   common names : Yellow-striped Hedge Hopper DISTRIBUTION Indo-malayan Realm. The sub species found in India and Myanmar. STATUS: HABITAT:  .  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Male. Upper.side. Forewing bright golden-yellow, costal line black, outer margin with a broad even black band, slightly but squarely bulged inward at the hinder angle, a broad black baud on the hinder margin with two golden-yellow spots in it, one a little before the middle, the other a little beyond the middle; a black band running up from the middle of the hinder marginal band to the costa one-third before the apex, throwing out a cross band from above its middle and joining the marginal band SIMILAR SPECIES Incomplete Tawny-spotted Grass Dart ( Taractrocera ceramas ) LARVAL HOST PLANTS Grass spp.,  Cynodon dactylon ...

Baracus hampsoni  (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Mal ayalam Name : വേലി തുള്ളൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Baracus hampsoni common names :   Spotted /Malabar/Hampson's Hedge Hopper DISTRIBUTION Indo-malayan Realm. The sub species found in India and often treated as a subspecies of the Sri Lankan Baracus vittatus STATUS: HABITAT:  .  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES SIMILAR SPECIES LARVAL HOST PLANTS Grass spp.,  Imperata cylindrica  (Poaceae). MORE IMAGES   Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS & iFoundbutterfly.org കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ

Ampittia dioscorides dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793) Mal ayalam Name : വയൽചാടൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Ampittia dioscorides dioscorides common names : Indian Bush Hopper/ CommonBush Hopper/ DISTRIBUTION Indo-malayan Realm. The sub species found in India and Myanmar. STATUS: HABITAT:  .  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Male. Upper.side. Forewing bright golden-yellow, costal line black, outer margin with a broad even black band, slightly but squarely bulged inward at the hinder angle, a broad black baud on the hinder margin with two golden-yellow spots in it, one a little before the middle, the other a little beyond the middle; a black band running up from the middle of the hinder marginal band to the costa one-third before the apex, throwing out a cross band from above its middle and joining the marginal band SIMILAR SPECIES Incomplete Tawny-spotted Grass Dart ( Taractrocera ceramas ) LARVAL HOST PLANTS Grass spp., C...