Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Mycalesis visala visala Moore, [1858] — Indian Long-branded Bushbrown Male Malayalam Name      : നീൾ വരയൻ തവിടൻ Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Satirinae DIST RIBUTION :   Tropical Asia STATUS:   Not rare HABITAT  :  HABITS  The  IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  The colour and wing markings of both seasonal forms of  M. visala  closely resemble those of  M. mineus . On the whole, however,  M. visala  runs larger,  Upperside: forewing, two ocelli, the posterior the larger; hindwing, none in the male, an obscure one in the female. Underside: both sexes, forewing with two, hindwing with seven ocelli; the posterior four of the latter disposed as in  M. mineus SIMILAR SPECIES :  LARVAL HOST PLANTS Oplismenus compo...

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...

Mycalesis mineus polydecta (Cramer, [1777])  Malayalam Name      : ഇരുൾ വരയൻ തവിടൻ Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Satyrinae DIST RIBUTION :   Tropical Asia STATUS:   Not rare HABITAT  :  HABITS  The  IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  Wet-season form:   Upperside dark Vandyke brown; forewings and hindwings with slender subterminal and terminal pale lines. Forewing with a single white-centred, fulvous-ringed, black ocellus  generally set in a square pale area , in interspace 2, occasionally a similar smaller ocellus without any pale surrounding area in interspace 5. Hindwing uniform sometimes with one or two obscure postmedian ocelli. . Underside: ground colour similar; forewings and hindwings crossed by a transverse dusky-white discal b...

Mycalesis patnia junonia Butler, 1868 — Malabar Glad-eye Bushbrown Malayalam Name      : പൂങ്കണ്ണി Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Nymphalinae DIST RIBUTION :    Species found in India and Sri Lanka. The sub species is seen in Western Ghats STATUS:   sub species is endemic to Western Ghats HABITAT  : High elevation Shola grass lands HABITS  IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  The wingspan of the butterfly ranges from 40 to 45millimetres.  Upperside: The male has a dark umber-brown ground colour slightly suffused with ochraceous. Forewing with a large median and a much smaller subapical white-centred black ocellus, each with an orange-yellow iris, the upper portion of the iris round the median ocellus very broad, Hindwing uniform, with two very small ful...