Malabar Autumn Leaf
D oleschallia bisaltide malabarica Fruhstorfer, 1899 ചെമ്പൻ ഓക്കില Malayalam Name : ചെമ്പൻ ഓക്കില Order : Lepidoptera Super Family : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family : Nympalidae Sub Family : Nymphalinae DIST RIBUTION : Species found in South Asia and South East Asia. The Sub species found in Western Ghats STATUS: Not rare HABITAT : Moist deciduous forests and urban landscape HABITS: IDENTIFICATION FEATURES: The wingspan of the butterfly ranges from 75 to 85 millimetres. The resemblance to a dried leaf,when wings folded , is extremely realistic and gives the genus its common names, the oakleaf or dead leaf. SIMILAR SPECIES : LARVAL HOST PLANTS Eranthemum spp., Graptophyllum pictum, Pseuderanthemum malabaricum, Strobilanthes spp. (Acanthaceae), Urtica spp. (Urticacea...