Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Neptis palnica Eliot, 1969 പുള്ളി പൊന്തചുറ്റൻ Malayalam Name      : പുള്ളി പൊന്തചുറ്റൻ Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Nymphalinae DIST RIBUTION : South India and Sri Lanka STATUS:   Not Common HABITAT  : HABITS:  Territorial IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  Pied medium sized butterfly with wingspan 45-60mm.   N. palnica  can  be recognized by the discal transverse series of comparatively large dark brown spots under the wings SIMILAR SPECIES :  Common Sailor, Chesnut streaked Sailor, LARVAL HOST PLANTS LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ

 Neptis jumbah nalanda Fruhstorfer, 1908  ചെമ്പൊട്ടൻ Malayalam Name      : ചെമ്പൊട്ടൻ Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Nymphalinae DIST RIBUTION :  South Asia and South East Asia STATUS:   HABITAT  :  Moist deciduous forests and urban landscape HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  Pied medium sized butterfly with wingspan 45-60mm.   N. jumbah  can also be recognized by the discal transverse series of comparatively large dark brown spots under the wings SIMILAR SPECIES :  Common Sailor, Chesnut streaked Sailor, LARVAL HOST PLANTS LIFE CYCLE Bombax spp., Bombax ceiba, Byttneria spp. (Bombacaceae). Trema spp. (Cannabaceae). Elaeocarpus spp. (Elaeocarpaceae), Mallotus philippensis (Euphorbiaceae), Fabaceae, Cassia fistula, Dalbergia spp., D. ...

Neptis nata hampsoni Moore, 1899 കാട്ടുചോല പൊന്തചുറ്റൻ Malayalam Name      : കാട്ടുചോല പൊന്തചുറ്റൻ Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Nymphalinae DIST RIBUTION :  South Asia and South East Asia STATUS:   HABITAT  :  Moist deciduous forests and urban landscape HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES:  Pied medium sized butterfly with wingspan 45-60mm.   Dry-season brood : Male and female alike. Upperside deep purpurescent-black; markings bluish-white, very prominent, and with sharply-defined edges; cilia alternated with white . Forewing with the cell-streak broadly truncate at end, the broad discocellular spot beyond elongated to an acute point; discal curved series of spots of moderate size, the subapical rather elongated and oval, the lower four disposed li...

Neptis clinia kallaura Moore , 1881 ചോല പൊന്തചുറ്റൻ Malayalam Name      : ചോല പൊന്തചുറ്റൻ Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Nympalidae Sub Family : Nymphalinae DIST RIBUTION :  South Asia and South East Asia STATUS:   HABITAT : Moist deciduous forests and urban landscape HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES: Pied medium sized butterfly with wingspan 45-60mm.   SIMILAR SPECIES : Common Sailor, Chesnut streaked Sailor, LARVAL HOST PLANTS LIFE CYCLE Celtis spp. (Cannabaceae). MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ