Tailless Malayan
Megisba malaya thwaitesi (Moore, [1881]) Malayalam Name : മലയൻ Order : Lepidoptera Family : Lycaenidae Sub-family : Polyommatinae Tribe : DISTRIBUTION South and South East Asia STATUS: Less Common HABITAT: The Malayan is a butterfly of evergreen forests. HABITS Adults fly low, close to the ground. This species is often seen in forest glades and forest edges. The males frequent cow dung and damp patches for mud-puddling, IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Wing Span: 19–30 mm Upperside: from dull somewhat pale brown to dark brown, some specimens nearly uniform, others with a more or less distinct pale discal patch on the forewing. Underside: white. Forewing: with the following brown markings: a spot in cell, a transverse short line on the discocellulars, a postdiscal curved series of transverse spots or very short bars that cross the wing from cos...