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37 Dakhan Yellow Orange-tip

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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...