Sahyadri Clear Sailer
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...