Nalanda Chestnut-streaked Sailer
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. ...