Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Mycalesis subdita Moore, 1892   Malayalam Name      : ഇളംതവിടൻ Common Name ; Tamil Bushbrown Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Satyrinae DIST RIBUTION :  Species found in South India and Sri Lanka STATUS:   HABITAT  :  Deciduous Forests and Bamboo Breaks HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  Male and Female slightly different. Wet and Dry forms present. Wingspan 45-65 mm   Wet-Season Brood:    Upperside dark olivescent ochreous-brown, with a very faint pale transverse discal narrow fascia, and distinctly paler marginal lines; both most apparent in the female. Cilia cinereous-ochreous. Forewing with a large prominent median ocellus . Hind-wing with one, occasionally two, small slightly defined median ocelli. Underside dark greyish ochreous-brow...

Mycalesis perseus tabitha (Fabricius, 1793) — Dakhan Common Bushbrown Malayalam Name      : തെക്കൻ തവിടൻ Common Name ; Dakhan Common Bushbrown Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Satyrinae DIST RIBUTION :  Species found in South Asia and South East Asia STATUS:   HABITAT  :  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  Male and Female slightly different. Wet and Dry forms present. Wingspan 45-65 mm   Wet-Season Brood:   SIMILAR SPECIES :  Closely resembles in both seasonal forms  Mycalesis mineus (Dark Branded Bush Brown) LARVAL HOST PLANTS Poaceae, Oplismenus compositus, Oryza spp., Oryza sativa (Poaceae).   LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Photo credit: Anila Manalil Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്ക...

Telinga oculus Marshall, 1881 — Red-disc Bushbrown Malayalam Name      : തീക്കണ്ണൻ തവിടൻ Common Name ; Red-disc Bushbrown Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Satyrinae DIST RIBUTION :  Hills of Western Ghats STATUS:   Endemic to Western Ghats HABITAT  :  Evergreen and Semi Evergreen Forests and Bamboo Breaks HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  Male . Upperside rich ferruginous-brown. Forewing darker brown externally; with an indistinct small subapical black spot with white pupil; a very large prominent lower black ocellus, with large white pupil, broadly surrounded externally with bright ferruginous-red, which latter colour forms an irregular discal patch extending from the posterior margin and is anteriorly prolonged in front of the subapical spot to near the cost...

Lethe rohria neelgheriensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)  female Malayalam Name      : പുൽ തവിടൻ Common Name ; Common Tree Brown Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Satyrinae DIST RIBUTION :  Asia STATUS:   HABITAT  :  Grassy areas HABITS IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Medium size   brown  butterfly with wing span 60-70 mm Male. Forewing: a costal and two preapical spots white. Hindwing: the ocelli (eyespots) of the underside showing through, sometimes forming two or three obscure black spots; two slender subterminal black lines. Underside paler, shaded with dark brown. Forewi...

 Lethe europa europa (Fabricius, 1775)  Malayalam Name      : മുളം തവിടൻ Common Name ; Dakhan Bamboo Tree Brown Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Satyrinae DIST RIBUTION :  Asia STATUS:   HABITAT  :  Grassy areas HABITS IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Medium size   brown  butterfly with wing span 65-75 mm/ Inner third of hindwing covered with long brown hairs. Male upperside rich dark brown. Forewing with the oblique short white discal fascia on the underside showing through, two obscure black spots or ocelli, followed by two prominent white spots, the upper one double, some black markings margined outwardly with pale dusky brown along terminal margins of both forewing and hindwing and an obscure subterminal pale line on the...