Butterflies of Bangalore

This is a gallery list of butterfly species found in the Bangalore, Karnataka, India.(Some of the images may be from other Indian States and so different subspecies from those found in Bangalore.)

Family: Papilionidae

Subfamily: Papilioninae

Genus: Atrophaneura / Pachliopta (red-bodied swallowtail, roses)

Pachliopta aristolochiae (common rose)

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Pachliopta hector (crimson rose)

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Genus: Graphium (swordtails, bluebottles and jays)

Graphium agamemnon (tailed jay)

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Graphium doson (common jay)

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Graphium nomius (spot swordtail)

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Graphium teredon (narrow banded bluebottle)

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Genus: Papilio (swallowtails, mimes)

Papilio crino (common banded peacock)

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Papilio demoleus (lime butterfly)

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Papilio helenus (red Helen)

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Papilio polymnestor (blue Mormon)

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Papilio polytes (common Mormon)

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Genus: Troides (birdwings)

Troides minos (southern birdwing)

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Family: Pieridae

Subfamily: Coliadinae (yellows)

Genus: Catopsilia (emigrants)

Catopsilia pomona (common emigrant)

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Catopsilia pyranthe (mottled emigrant)

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Genus: Eurema (grass yellows)

Eurema blanda (three-spot grass yellow)

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Eurema brigitta (small grass yellow)

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Eurema hecabe (common grass yellow)

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Eurema laeta (spotless grass yellow)

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Subfamily: Pierinae (whites)

Genus: Appias (puffins and albatrosses)

Appias albina (common albatross)

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Appias libythea (striped albatross)

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Genus: Belenois (pioneers)

Belenois aurota (pioneer)

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Genus: Cepora (gulls)

Cepora nerissa (common gull)

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Genus: Colotis (Arabs)

Colotis amata (small salmon Arab)

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Colotis aurora (plain orange-tip)

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Colotis danae (crimson-tip)

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Colotis fausta (large salmon Arab)

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Colotis etrida (little orange-tip)

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Genus: Delias (Jezebels)

Delias eucharis (common Jezebel)

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Genus: Hebomoia (great orange tips)

Hebomoia glaucippe (great orange tip)

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Genus: Ixias (Indian orange tips)

Ixias marianne (white orange tip)

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Ixias pyrene (yellow orange tip)

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Genus: Leptosia (Psyche)

Leptosia nina (Psyche)

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Genus: Pareronia (wanderers)

Pareronia hippia (common wanderer)

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Family: Nymphalidae

Subfamily: Biblidinae

Genus: Ariadne (castors)

Ariadne ariadne (angled castor)

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Ariadne merione (common castor)

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Genus: Byblia (jokers)

Byblia ilithyia (joker)

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Subfamily: Charaxinae

Genus: Charaxes (rajahs and nawabs)

Charaxes agrarius (anomalous nawab)

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Charaxes athamas (common nawab)

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Charaxes solon (black rajah)

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Subfamily: Danainae

Genus: Danaus (tigers)

Danaus chrysippus (plain tiger)

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Danaus genutia (striped tiger)

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Genus: Euploea (crows)

Euploea core (common crow)

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Euploea sylvester (double-branded crow)

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Genus: Tirumala (blue tigers)

Tirumala limniace (blue tiger)

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Tirumala septentrionis (dark blue tiger)

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Subfamily: Heliconiinae

Genus: Acraea (costers)

Acraea terpsicore (tawny coster)

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Genus: Phalanta (leopards)

Phalanta phalantha (common leopard)

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Subfamily: Libytheinae

Genus: Libythea (beaks)

Libythea laius (lobed beak)

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Subfamily: Limenitidinae

Genus: Euthalia (barons)

Euthalia aconthea (common baron)

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Euthalia lubentina (gaudy baron)

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Euthalia nais/Symphaedra nais (baronet)

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Genus: Moduza (commanders)

Moduza procris (commander)

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Genus: Neptis (sailers)

Neptis hylas (common sailer)

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Neptis jumbah (chestnut-streaked sailer)

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Genus: Pantoporia (lascars)

Pantoporia hordonia (common lascar)

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Subfamily: Nymphalinae

Genus: Hypolimnas (eggflies)

Hypolimnas bolina (great eggfly)

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Hypolimnas misippus (Danaid eggfly)

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Genus: Junonia (pansies)

Junonia almana (peacock pansy)

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Junonia atlites (gray pansy)

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Junonia hierta (yellow pansy)

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Junonia iphita (chocolate pansy)

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Junonia lemonias (lemon pansy)

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Junonia orithya (blue pansy)

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Genus: Vanessa (admirals, ladies)

Vanessa cardui (painted lady)

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Subfamily: Satyrinae

Genus: Elymnias (palmflies)

Elymnias caudata (tailed palmfly)

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Genus: Lethe (treebrowns)

Lethe europa (bamboo treebrown)

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Lethe rohria (common treebrown)

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Genus: Melanitis (evening browns)

Melanitis leda (common evening brown)

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Genus: Mycalesis (bushbrowns)

Mycalesis mineus (dark branded bushbrown)

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Mycalesis perseus (common bushbrown)

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Mycalesis subdita (Tamil bushbrown)

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Genus: Ypthima (rings)

Ypthima asterope (common threering)

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Ypthima huebneri (common fourring)

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Family: Riodinidae

Subfamily: Nemeobiinae

Genus: Abisara (Judies)

Abisara bifasciata (double-banded Judy)

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Family: Lycaenidae

Subfamily: Curetinae

Genus: Curetis (sunbeams)

Curetis thetis (Indian sunbeam)

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Subfamily: Miletinae

Genus: Spalgis (apeflies)

Spalgis epius (apefly)

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Subfamily: Polyommatinae

Genus: Acytolepis (hedge blues)

Acytolepis puspa (common hedge blue)

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Genus: Anthene (ciliate blues)

Anthene lycaenina (pointed ciliate blue)

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Genus: Azanus (babul blues)

Azanus jesous (African babul blue)

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Azanus ubaldus (bright babul blue)

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Genus: Caleta

Caleta decidia/caleta (angled Pierrot)

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Genus: Castalius

Castalius rosimon (common Pierrot)

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Genus: Catochrysops

Catochrysops strabo (forget-me-not)

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Genus: Celastrina

Celastrina lavendularis (plain hedge blue)

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Genus: Chilades

Chilades lajus (lime blue)

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Chilades pandava (plains cupid)

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Chilades parrhasius (small cupid)

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Freyeria trochylus (grass jewel)

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Freyeria putli (small grass jewel)

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Genus: Discolampa

Discolampa ethion (banded blue Pierrot)

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Genus: Euchrysops

Euchrysops cnejus (gram blue)

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Genus: Everes

Everes lacturnus (Indian cupid)

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Genus: Jamides (ceruleans)

Jamides bochus (dark cerulean)

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Jamides celeno (common cerulean)

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Genus: Lampides

Lampides boeticus (peablue)

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Genus: Leptotes

Leptotes plinius (Zebrablue)

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Genus: Petrelaea

Petrelaea dana (dingy lineblue)

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Genus: Prosotas (lineblues)

Prosotas dubiosa (tailless lineblue)

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Prosotas nora (common lineblue)

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Prosotas noreia (white-tipped lineblue)

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Genus: Pseudozizeeria (lineblues)

Pseudozizeeria maha (pale grass blue)

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Genus: Talicada

Talicada nyseus (red Pierrot)

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Genus: Tarucus

Tarucus nara (striped Pierrot)

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Genus: Zizeeria

Zizeeria karsandra (dark grass blue)

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Genus: Zizina

Zizina otis (lesser grass blue)

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Genus: Zizula

Zizula hylax (tiny grass blue)

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Subfamily: Theclinae

Genus: Arhopala

Arhopala amantes (large oakblue)

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Genus: Deudorix

Deudorix epijarbas (cornelian)

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Genus: Iraota

Iraota timoleon (silverstreak blue)

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Genus: Rapala

Rapala iarbus (common red flash)

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Rapala manea (slate flash)

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Rapala varuna (indigo flash)

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Genus: Rathinda

Rathinda amor (monkey puzzle)

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Genus: Spindasis

Spindasis/Cigaritis ictis (common shot silverline)

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Spindasis/Cigaritis/Apharitis lilacinus (lilac silverline)

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Spindasis/Cigaritis vulcanus (common silverline)

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Genus: Tajuria

Tajuria cippus (peacock royal)

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Tajuria jehana (plains blue royal)

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Genus: Virachola

Virachola isocrates (common guava blue)

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Virachola perse (large guava blue)

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Genus: Zesius

Zesius chrysomallus (redspot)

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Family: Hesperiidae

Subfamily: Coeliadinae

Genus: Badamia

Badamia exclamationis (brown awl)

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Genus: Hasora

Hasora chromus (common banded awl)

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Subfamily: Hesperiinae

Genus: Ampittia

Ampittia dioscorides (bush hopper)

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Genus: Baoris

Baoris farri (paintbrush swift)

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Genus: Borbo

Borbo bevani (lesser rice/Beavan's swift)

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Borbo cinnara (rice swift)

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Genus: Caltoris

Caltoris canaraica (Kanara swift)

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Caltoris kumara (blank swift)

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Caltoris philippina (Philippine swift)

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Genus: Cephrenes

Cephrenes acalle (plain palm dart)

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Genus: Erionota

Erionota torus (rounded palm-redeye)

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Genus: Gangara

Gangara thyrsis (giant redeye)

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Genus: Halpe

Halpe porus (Moore's ace)

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Genus: Iambrix

Iambrix salsala (chestnut bob)

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Genus: Matapa

Matapa aria (common redeye)

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Genus: Oriens

Oriens goloides (common dartlet)

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Genus: Parnara

Parnara bada (Oriental/variable swift)

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Genus: Pelopidas

Pelopidas agna (dark/obscure branded swift)

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Pelopidas conjuncta (conjoined swift)

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Pelopidas mathias (small branded swift)

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Pelopidas subochracea (large branded swift)

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Genus: Potanthus

Potanthus spp. (dart species)

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Genus: Suastus

Suastus gremius (Indian palm bob)

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Genus: Taractrocera

Taractrocera maevius (common grass dart)

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Genus: Telicota

Telicota bambusae (dark palm dart)

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Telicota colon (pale palm dart)

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Genus: Udaspes

Udaspes folus (grass demon)

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Subfamily: Pyrginae

Genus: Caprona

Caprona agama (spotted angle)

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Caprona ransonnetii (golden angle)

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Genus: Coladenia

Coladenia indrani (tricolour flat)

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Genus: Gomalia

Gomalia elma (African marbled skipper)

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Genus: Sarangesa

Sarangesa purendra (spotted small flat)

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  Spotted small flat laying eggs on Lepidagathis keralensis at Madayipara
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Genus: Spialia

Spialia galba (Indian grizzled/Indian skipper)

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Genus: Tagiades

Tagiades japetus (common/Ceylon snow flat)

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References

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• Talbot, G. (1947) Fauna of British India. Butterflies 2 Second edition
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• Bingham, C. T. (1907) Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 2 - Families Papilionidae, Pieridae and Lycaenidae
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• Evans (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.), Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society
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• R.K., Varshney (2015) A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India, New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN: 978-81-929826-4-9.
• (in english) (2016) Butterflies of India (2,016^th ed.), Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society ISBN: 9789384678012.
• Gasse, Paul Van (2013). Butterflies of India – Annotated Checklist. Flutters. Archived from the original on 2018-04-02. Retrieved on 2018-04-02.
• (2018-04-10). "Larval host plants of the buterfies of the Western Ghats, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(4): 11495–11550. DOI:10.11609/jott.3104.10.4.11495-11550.
• (2018) A Guide to Butterflies of Western Ghats (India) Includes Butterflies of Kerala,Tamilnadu,Karnataka,Goa,Maharashtra and Gujarat state (May 2018 ed.), Mumbai: Self, pp. x+496 ISBN: 9789353115425.

External links

• Markku Savela Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms - Lepidoptera: Butterflies and Moths
• India Biodiversity Portal