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...

Catochrysops strabo strabo (Fabricius, 1793)  Malayalam Name      : നീലകൻ Common Name ; Oriental Forget-me-not Order  : Lepidoptera Super Family             : Papilionoidae (Butterflies) Family               :  Lycaenidae Sub Family : Polyommatinae DISTRIBUTION Indo-Malayan Realm STATUS:  The subspecies found in Peninsular India, North East India and Sri Lanka HABITAT HABITS IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Small sized butterfly with wingspan 25-30 mm. Male Upper side pale violet and blue, slightly silvery sheen. Forewing with a slender anteciliary dark line. Hindwing: interspace 1 with a short transverse subterminal brown bar edged inwardly with white; interspa...