Project butterfly Mankulam Division

Catochrysops panormus exiguus (Distant, 1886)  Malayalam Name      : വെൺ നീലകൻ Common Name : Malay Forget-me-not Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae Synonyms : Lycaena panormus DISTRIBUTION This species can be found in  Indo-Malayan and Australian Realm   STATUS:  Common HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small butterfly with wingspab  is 25-35 mm . SIMILAR SPECIES: LARVAL HOST PLANTS Cultivated legumes (Family Leguminoseae) LIFE CYCLE MORE  IMAGES Courtesy...

Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, 1845)   Malayalam Name      : ആഫ്രിക്കൻ രത്ന നീലി Common Name : African Grass Jewel Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae Synonyms : Chilades trochylus DISTRIBUTION This species can be found in  Africa, Asia, Southern Europe   STATUS:  Common HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Very small butterfly with  wingspan  is 20-22 mm . SIMILAR SPECIES: LARVAL HOST PLANTS Crotalaria hebecarpa, Indigofera spp., Lotus corniculatus, Pisum sativum, Rhynchosi...

Chilades parrhasius parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) — Parrhasius Small Cupi   Malayalam Name      : കുഞ്ഞി മാരൻ Common Name : Parrhasius Small Cupid Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae Synonims : Hesperia parrhasius DISTRIBUTION Species found in Indo-Malayan Realm. The sub species syntala distributed in Peninsular India. STATUS:  HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small Blue butterfly with wingspan about 20-25 mm. Male:   Upperside dark greyish-blue, with a lilacine tint. Hindwing with the costal margin broadly blackish; the outer ...

  Acytolepis lilacea   (Hampson, 1889)  Malayalam Name      : കാട്ടു വേലിനീലി Common Name ; Hampson’s  /Sahyadri Lilac  Hedge Blue Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae   DISTRIBUTION                 Indo-malayan Realm and Australian Realm. Sub Species found in South India STATUS:    common HABITAT They are found in semi-arid plains, degraded patches of evergreen patches, and semi-evergreen forest, gardens, hill stations and forests—in fact, wherever its food plant,  Kalanchoe , is abund...

Zizula hylax hylax (Fabricius, 1775)  Malayalam Name      : ചിന്ന പുൽ നീലി Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family                :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyomatinae   DISTRIBUTION               Indo-Malayan realm. STATUS: Less Common    HABITAT:  HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Wing Span:  SIMILAR SPECIES  The lesser grass blue is often misidentified as Zizina labradus, the common grass blue. LARVAL HOST PLANTS Food plants include various members of the family Acanthaceae. Species noted include Hygrophila auriculata and Phaulopsis dorsiflora. MORE IMAGES Courtesy  Write up:Wikipaedia Images: TNHS & iFoundbutterfly.org കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്   മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ