Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Ixias marianne   (Cramer, [1779])  വെൺ ചെഞ്ചിറകൻ Malayalam Name  : വെൺ ചെഞ്ചിറകൻ Family  : Pieridae Sub-family              : Pierinae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                  South Asia and South EastAsia STATUS:    Not common HABITAT  It is common in dry deciduous forests, scrub and fallow lands and found throughout the year. HABITS The characteristics of this species vary according to the season in which the  eggs  are laid IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small to medium size Yellow and white butterfly with wingspan 50-70 mm.     The species wingspan is between 50 and 55 mm. Wet-season brood The male has chalky-white wings with the apical half of the forewing and terminal margin of the hindwing broadly black. There is a bro...

Ixias pyrene sesia (Fabricius, 1777)  മഞ്ഞ ചെഞ്ചിറകൻ Malayalam Name  : മഞ്ഞ ചെഞ്ചിറകൻ Family  : Pieridae Sub-family              : Pierinae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                 South Asia and South EastAsia STATUS:    Not common HABITAT  It is common in dry deciduous forests, scrub and fallow lands and found throughout the year. HABITS T ts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small to medium size Yellow and white butterfly with wingspan 50-70 mm.     The species wingspan is between 50 and 55 mm. Dry-season brood:   Male upperside: deep sulphur-yellow. Forewing: base and basal half of costa thickly irrorated with black scales; apical half of the wing black, with an enclosed, large, irregularly triangular, orange-coloured patch, the apex of which is mor...