Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Parantica aglea aglea (Stoll, [1782])  Malayalam Name  : തെളി നീലക്കടുവ Family  : Nyphalidae Sub-family              : Danaidae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                Indo Malayan Realm STATUS:    No HABITAT The HABITS T ts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Ground color is fuliginous black with subhyaline bluish-white streaks and spots. Upperside: forewing—interspace 1 with two comparatively long, broad streaks united at base, truncate exteriorly; cell with a very broad, somewhat clavate streak traversed by two fine black lines; basal spots in interspaces 2 and 3; an irregular discal series of three spots and two elongate streaks and a subterminal series of spots, the two series curved inwards opposite apex of wing, the latter continued along the apical half of the costa; final...

Parantica nilgiriensis (Moore, 1877)  Malayalam Name  : നീലഗിരി കടുവ Family  : Nyphalidae Sub-family              : Danaidae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION                  Endemic to the high altitudes of the Western Ghats of southern India STATUS:     Endemic HABITAT It is restricted to the  shola  forests, south of Nilgiri Hills, in the temperate zones of the mountains, above 1500 m HABITS T ts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small size Black and white butterfly with wingspan 25-30 mm.     SIMILAR SPECIES    Similar to Glassy Blue Tiger but more blackshade. LARVAL HOST PLANTS Tylophora indica, T. flexuosa (Apocynaceae). LIFE CYCLE MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുള...