Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Aeromachus dubius    dubius ( Elwes & Amp; Edwards, 1897) Malayalam Name : ചോല പുൽച്ചാടൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperinae Sub species : Aeromachus dubius dubius common names : Sahyadri Dingy Scrub Hopper DISTRIBUTION            Indo-Malayan Realm STATUS: Not rare HABITAT:  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Male. Upperside dark (olive-brown), the post-medial series of spots on the forewing very indistinct or wanting, sex mark on the forewing a small inconspicuous fold of raised scales in cell 1A, next vein 1A near the middle. Underside forewing umber-brown, the apical and costal regions similar to the hindwing, a small pale spot near the upper distal angle of the cell, the post-medial series of pale spots represented by about six spots, which become gradually fainter in their course from cells 8-3, a pale anteciliary line, hindwing ochreous-brown by reason of a close sprinkling of y...

Aeromachus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1775) Malayalam Name : ചിന്ന പുൽച്ചാടൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Coeliadinae Sub species : Aeromachus pygmae common names : Pygmy Scrub Hopper DISTRIBUTION:  India, Burma and Thailand STATUS:  HABITAT : HABIT:  IDENTIFICATION FEATURES:  Sexes alike.Upperside uniform olive-brown, without any markings; in some examples there are very faint indications of some discal and sub-marginal marks. Underside paler; a small whitish spot at the end of the cell, sometimes absent, an indistinct whitish LARVAL HOST PLANT:  The larvae feed on  Polytrias indica (Java Grass)  and  Stenotaphrum secundatum   ( Buffallo Grass/ St. Augustine grass ) MORE IMAGES  കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ

Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775)  Mal ayalam Name : വൻ ചെങ്കണ്ണി Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperrinae Sub species : Gangara thyrsis thyrsis common names : Oriental Giant Redeye DISTRIBUTION India & Sri Lanka STATUS: Common HABITAT:  .  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES The wingspan is 65–70 mm. The male and female are dark chocolate brown. With a forewing consisting of bright yellow semi-transparent quadrate spots disposed triangularly, the first is large and occupying half the cell, the second also large, obliquely beneath and partly beyond, the third small and obliquely above the second; above the last are three smaller spots obliquely before the apex, the two upper being geminated; in some specimens beneath the subapical spots is a small dot, and on the posterior margin another, both similar to the rest; cilia at posterior angle brownish-white; hindwing with the cilia at the anterior angle brownish white. Underside, forewi...

Erionota torus (Evans, 1941) Mal ayalam Name : വാഴ ചെങ്കണ്ണി Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperrinae Sub species :  Erionota torus Evans common names : Rounded Palm-Redeye/ Banana Skipper/ Sikkim Palm Red Eye DISTRIBUTION India & Southeast Asia STATUS: HABITAT:  .  HABITS  Adults have been recorded on wing in April to November. They feed on flowers nectar of banana IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES The  wingspan  is 65–70 mm. SIMILAR SPECIES LARVAL HOST PLANTS Musa coccina ,  Musa formosana ,  Musa nana ,  Musa sapientum ,  Musa uranoscopos  and  Cocos nucifera MORE IMAGES   Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS & iFoundbutterfly.org കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ