tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83838500720772131002024-02-21T22:03:15.685-08:00Butterflies of KeralaSushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-48295885615133293842023-01-03T06:00:00.004-08:002023-01-03T06:01:40.332-08:00Lime Swallowtail<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZW8lYhLQhAJctzFzv4So2g_DVPHEmCcBsmZG5_Yg0B7USttPQzDHXqiK42gZuTMfO9OFAkFczmupm-vc9g5xeJVOpm3oFjWLZH_mSFibO90iFPtIPD0YYbw5RsOC0lXygvU_nHMLYXPZKi9KC4lrmGD0epECaegPUduFGnfj1H23lyympzOZ_YAqY2w/s5184/IMG_9241.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZW8lYhLQhAJctzFzv4So2g_DVPHEmCcBsmZG5_Yg0B7USttPQzDHXqiK42gZuTMfO9OFAkFczmupm-vc9g5xeJVOpm3oFjWLZH_mSFibO90iFPtIPD0YYbw5RsOC0lXygvU_nHMLYXPZKi9KC4lrmGD0epECaegPUduFGnfj1H23lyympzOZ_YAqY2w/w640-h426/IMG_9241.JPG" width="640" /></b></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><span class="SplitTaxon taxon species Insecta has-com-name parens" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="Lime Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus)"><span class="comname display-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; content: "";" target="_self">Lime Swallowtail (</span></span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Papilio demoleus)</b></i><span> is a common and widespread </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallowtail_butterfly" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Swallowtail butterfly">swallowtail butterfly</a><span>. The butterfly is also known as the </span><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">lime butterfly</b><span>,</span><span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Smetacek_1-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-Smetacek-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></span><span class="reference" id="cite_ref-funet_2-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-funet-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a></span><span> </span><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">lemon butterfly</b><span>, </span><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">lime swallowtail</b><span>, and </span><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">chequered swallowtail</b><span>.</span><span class="reference" id="cite_ref-funet_2-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-funet-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a></span><span> These </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_name" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Common name">common names</a><span> refer to their host plants, which are usually citrus species such as the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_(fruit)" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Lime (fruit)">cultivated lime</a><span>. Unlike most swallowtail butterflies, it does not have a prominent tail. When the adult stage is taken into consideration, the lime swallowtail is the shortest-lived butterfly, with male adults dying after four days and females after a week.</span><span class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a></span><span> The butterfly is a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pest_(organism)" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Pest (organism)">pest</a><span> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Invasive species">invasive species</a><span>, found from Asia to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Australia">Australia</a><span>.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><h2 style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 3px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Description" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Description</span></span></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">The butterfly is tailless and has a wingspan 80–100 mm.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Evans_6-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-Evans-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a></span><span class="reference nowrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="Page / location: 52">: 52 </span></span> Above, the background colour is black. A broad, irregular yellow band is found on the wings above, which is broken in the case of the forewing. Besides this, the butterfly has a large number of irregular spots on the wing. The upper hindwing has a red tornal spot with blue edging around it.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">As the caterpillar ages, its hunger for leaf tissue continues to grow.</span></p><h2 style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 3px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Behavior" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Behavior</span></span></h2></div><div><span class="mw-headline" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">This butterfly is an avid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud-puddling" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Mud-puddling">mud-puddler</a> and visitor of flowers. It basks with its wings held wide open on tufts of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Grass">grass</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbs" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Herbs">herbs</a>, and generally keeps within a metre of the ground, even on cloudy days. It relies on its quick flight for escape.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kunte_(2000)_15-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-Kunte_(2000)-15" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[15]</a></span> It has a number of modes of flight. In the cool of the morning, the flight is slow considering that it is an edible and unprotected swallowtail. As the day progresses, it flies fast, straight, and low. In the hotter part of the day, it may be found settling on damp patches, where it will remain motionless, except for an occasional flutter of wings, if not disturbed.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kunte_(2000)_15-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-Kunte_(2000)-15" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[15]</a></span> It is also a frequent visitor of flowers in gardens, where it shows a preference for flowers of smaller herbs rather than larger plants such as the ubiquitous <i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantana" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Lantana">Lantana</a></i> with its plentiful blooms. It can be found swarming in the groves of its food plants.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kunte_(2000)_15-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-Kunte_(2000)-15" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[15]</a></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Research on freshly emerged imagines of <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">P. demoleus</i> showed that they have an inborn or spontaneous preference while feeding for blue and purple colours, while the yellow, yellowish-green, green, and blue-green colours are completely neglected.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 3px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Economic_significance" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Economic significance</span></span></h2><h3 style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 3px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-weight: normal;">The lime butterfly is an economic pest on many cultivated citrus species in India, Pakistan, Iraq, and the Middle East. Due to its history of successful dispersal and range extension, the lime butterfly is likely to spread from its original point of introduction in Hispaniola in the Caribbean to neighbouring Florida, Central America, and South America. Due to its capability for rapid population growth under favourable circumstances and its having been recorded to have five generations in a year in temperate regions of China, it is considered a serious potential threat.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Homziak_&_Homziak_(2006)_13-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-Homziak_&_Homziak_(2006)-13" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[13]</a></span> The caterpillars can completely defoliate young citrus trees (below 2 feet) and devastate citrus nurseries. In mature trees, caterpillars may prefer young leaves and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf_flushing" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Leaf flushing">leaf flush</a>.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lewis,_DS_-_Papilio_demoleus_12-20" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-Lewis,_DS_-_Papilio_demoleus-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[12]</a></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-weight: normal;">Hand-picking of caterpillars and spraying with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endosulfan" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Endosulfan">endosulfan</a> 35 EC (2 ml/10 litres of water) were the recommended means of pest control by Indian government agencies and agricultural colleges,<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Citrus_pests_25-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus#cite_note-Citrus_pests-25" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[25]</a></span> however, endosulfan has since been banned by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a>.</span></p></h3><div><span class="mw-headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="mw-headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="mw-headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus">https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583-Papilio-demoleus</a></span></div><div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138805284"><span style="color: white;">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138805284</span></a></div><div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="mw-headline" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></div></span></div>Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-70817217136203059512020-08-23T23:32:00.034-07:002020-08-23T23:32:01.138-07:00Common Pierrot<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmy_gplIQwdp27dRKR0Ebf_RhVUjMBQak3qRoFswr5du4y94JN5Z77rU9NjnVVJASeHg2whYb-F2nrI7SZtMst-Pk-M7iPVzzC_7dCcXFDzf6wllfgV3OgYCrVWFwVclgpr74ky-1kZ1tb/s2364/Adobe_20200820_130913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="2364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmy_gplIQwdp27dRKR0Ebf_RhVUjMBQak3qRoFswr5du4y94JN5Z77rU9NjnVVJASeHg2whYb-F2nrI7SZtMst-Pk-M7iPVzzC_7dCcXFDzf6wllfgV3OgYCrVWFwVclgpr74ky-1kZ1tb/s640/Adobe_20200820_130913.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p><i><b>Castalius rosimon</b></i>, the <b>common Pierrot</b>, is a small <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly" title="Butterfly">butterfly</a> found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> that belongs to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaenidae" title="Lycaenidae">lycaenids</a>, or blues family. <br /></p><p>The species is found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenasserim_Hills" title="Tenasserim Hills">Tenasserim</a>, extending into the Malayan subregion. In the Indonesian archipelago the butterfly occurs in north-eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a>, eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangka_Island" title="Bangka Island">Bangka</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor" title="Timor">Timor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetar" title="Wetar">Wetar</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissar" title="Kissar">Kissar</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumbawa" title="Sumbawa">Sumbawa</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi" title="Sulawesi">Sulawesi</a>.In India the butterfly is found south of the outer ranges of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>, except in desert tracts; east India; the north-west Himalayas; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>. The butterfly is also found in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_Islands" title="Andaman Islands">Andaman Islands</a> and the southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicobar_Islands" title="Nicobar Islands">Nicobar Islands</a>.</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Male">Male</span></h3><p>The upperside of its wings is mainly white. Forewing has the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_(entomology)" title="Costa (entomology)">costa</a>,
apex and termen edged with black, the edging much broader on apex and
termen; base outwards for a short distance more or less densely
overlaid. with metallic blue scales which cover and make indistinct a
large basal outwardly clavate (club-shaped) black spot; a transverse
black oval spot on the discocellulars touching the black edging on the
costa; an oblique irregular line of four quadrate black spots beyond,
the upper spot coalesced with the black on the costal border, the next
spot below shifted outwards out of line, touching, as does also the
lowest spot, the terminal black edging; posterior to this is a quadrate
black spot in the apical half of interspace 2, and placed obliquely
outwards from 1b coalescent with the terminal black border, another
similar spot in interspace 1<sup>.</sup>
</p><p>Hindwing: three basal black somewhat coalescent spots overlaid
with metallic blue scaling; the costal margin above the subcostal vein
and vein 7 black; this colour filling also the base of interspace 6,
where in some specimens it is divided into a basal portion with a spot
beyond; a postdiscal curved transverse black band followed by a
subterminal transverse series of black spots, each spot edged inwardly
and outwardly by very slender lunules of the white ground colour; on the
inner side of the postdiscal band posteriorly is a broken line of four
black generally coalescent spots two and two, the two upper often
touching the postdiscal band.
</p><p>Underside primarily white. Forewing has a long oblique black band
from base outwards to the costa; below it and obliquely placed an
irregular black somewhat conical mark; following these are two outwardly
oblique, medially interrupted, black macular bands; the inner of the
two extended from costa along the discocellulars, is then widely
interrupted below its posterior portion that is formed of two elongate
coalescent spots and touches the inner subterminal transverse line of
elongate spots just above the tornus; the outer, obliquely placed line
is subapical and medially broken, the middle portion consisting of a
quadrate spot is shifted outwards; finally, two parallel subterminal
transverse series of black elongate spots, the inner series of broad,
more or less rectangular spots, the outer series of more linear spots,
the latter coalescent anteriorly with a slender anteciliary black line.
</p><p>Hindwing: a transverse basal black band, with an elongate black
spot below it on the dorsum; a transverse subbasal line of four
well-separated black spots; a transverse, oval, discocellular black spot
and obliquely above it three subcostal similar spots, the inner two
coalescent; postdiscal and terminal markings consist, the former of four
black posterior spots two and two, each pair coalescent and placed <i>en echelon</i>,
the latter of a transverse double series of subterminal black spots and
an anteciliary black line; the upper portion of the postdiscal markings
touches the inner subterminal line. Cilia of both forewings and
hindwings white alternated with black at the apices of the veins;
filamentous short tail to the hindwing black tipped with white.
</p>Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen black, the shafts of the
antennae ringed with white, the head between the eyes and behind them
white; beneath: the palpi, thorax and abdomen white, the last barred
broadly with white on the sides<p> Malayalam Name : <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>നാട്ടുകോമാളി</b></span></p><h4>Subspecies in India:</h4>
(1) <em>Castalius rosimon rosimon</em> (Fabricius, 1775) – Continental Common Pierrot<br />(2) <em>Castalius rosimon alarbus</em> Fruhstorfer, 1922 – Andaman Common Pierrot<p><a href="https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/771/Castalius-rosimon"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/771/Castalius-rosimon</b></span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castalius_rosimon"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castalius_rosimon</span></a><br /></b></span></p>Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0Kodukulanji, Kerala 689508, India9.2699301 76.6109441-19.040303736178846 41.4546941 37.580163936178849 111.7671941tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-1984993820932912792020-08-22T23:32:00.001-07:002020-08-22T23:32:34.652-07:00Common Jezebel<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsAcX36UjUHMDBjVtztqf1ANBMYKtAv0owSRsNsT4xK0QRQdnToPipQ4GP9w8QOlzpOKRxQKyA0fqJuEC6YCI45GODikvfWMf2z4o7gGN0Uii-UwHYBZkaBkPPlKiDFg5V2PI0yVDP3Dp/s2364/Adobe_20200820_123531.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="2364" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsAcX36UjUHMDBjVtztqf1ANBMYKtAv0owSRsNsT4xK0QRQdnToPipQ4GP9w8QOlzpOKRxQKyA0fqJuEC6YCI45GODikvfWMf2z4o7gGN0Uii-UwHYBZkaBkPPlKiDFg5V2PI0yVDP3Dp/w640-h480/Adobe_20200820_123531.png" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p><i><b>Delias eucharis</b></i>,the <b>common Jezebel</b>, is a medium-sized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieridae" title="Pieridae">pierid</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly" title="Butterfly">butterfly</a> found in many areas of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">south</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">southeast Asia</a>, especially in the non-arid regions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a><sup> </sup>and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>. The common Jezebel is one of the most common of the approximately 225 described species in the genus <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delias" title="Delias">Delias</a></i>.
</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Male">Male</span></h3><p>Upperside is
white. The forewings have the veins broadly black, this colour broadened
triangularly at the termination of the veins, costal margin narrowly
black; a broad black postdiscal transverse band from costa to dorsum
sloped obliquely outwards from costa to vein 4, thence parallel to
termen. Hindwing with the veins similar but for three-fourths of their
length much more narrowly black; a postdiscal transverse black band as
on the forewing but much narrower, curved and extended only between
veins 2 and 6; beyond this the veins are more broadly black and this
colour as on the forewing broadens out triangularly at the termination
of the veins; the interspaces beyond the postdiscal black band pink, due
to the vermilion colouration of the underside showing through.
</p><p>On the underside, the forewings are similar but the black edging to
the veins much broader, the upper two interspaces beyond the postdiscal
transverse band tinged with yellow. Hindwing: ground colour bright
yellow, the veins and transverse postdiscal band as on the upperside but
much more broadly black, the latter extended from the costa to vein 2;
the interspaces between the veins beyond the postdiscal fascia with a
series of broadly lanceolate (lance-shaped) or cone-shaped vermilion-red
spots, each spot very narrowly edged with white; the basal portion of
interspace 6 white, in contrast to the bright yellow of the ground
colour. Antenna black; head, thorax and abdomen white, the apical joint
of the palpi black; the head and thorax with a mixture of black hairs
that give these parts a grey-blue appearance.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Female">Female</span></h3><p>Upper and
undersides similar to those in the male, but the black edging to the
veins and the postdiscal transverse bands on both forewings and
hindwings are much broader.</p><p> <b>Malayalam Name :<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="st">വിലാസിനി</span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="st">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delias_eucharis#Description</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="st">https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/514/Delias-eucharis </span></b></span> </p>Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0Kodukulanji, Kerala 689508, India9.2699301 76.6109441-19.040303736178846 41.4546941 37.580163936178849 111.7671941tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-44079225003048831472020-07-12T23:10:00.000-07:002020-07-12T23:10:05.830-07:00 Psyche Butterfly<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwf8naToQKtv3eX2NPS2iMyDBQ56xhK_oDhYQ2DjXh4_0bR2tos9xX5mPfhCz8xzeaE0K2t3uI00FNXgXcWzxYNkm93gZpsGU5uGaxFDMmIh5rjTpklNYHyFiqOsSiBRn-rH8ra2ap5yX/s2048/Adobe_20200710_203113.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwf8naToQKtv3eX2NPS2iMyDBQ56xhK_oDhYQ2DjXh4_0bR2tos9xX5mPfhCz8xzeaE0K2t3uI00FNXgXcWzxYNkm93gZpsGU5uGaxFDMmIh5rjTpklNYHyFiqOsSiBRn-rH8ra2ap5yX/w500-h375/Adobe_20200710_203113.png" width="500" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b>Leptosia nina</b></i>, the <b>psyche</b>, is a small <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly" title="Butterfly">butterfly</a> of the family <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieridae" title="Pieridae">Pieridae</a> (the sulphurs, yellows and whites) and is found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">southeast Asia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.The upper forewing has a black spot on a mainly white background. The
flight is weak and erratic and the body of the butterfly bobs up and
down as it beats its wings. They fly low over the grass and the
butterfly rarely leaves the ground level.
<br />Upperside: white; base of wings very slightly powdered with minute
black scales. Forewing: costa speckled obscurely with black; apex black,
the inner margin of this inwardly angulate; a very large somewhat
pear-shaped post-discal spot also black. Hindwing white, uniform; in
most specimens an obscure, extremely slender, terminal black line.<br />Underside: white; costal margin and apex of forewing broadly, and
the whole surface of the hindwing irrorated (speckled) with transverse,
very slender, greenish strigae and minute dots; these on the hindwing
have a tendency to form sub-basal, medial and discal obliquely
transverse obscure bands; forewing: the postdiscal black spot as on the
upperside; terminal margins of both forewings and hindwings with minute
black, short, transverse slender lines at the apices of the veins, that
have a tendency to coalesce and form a terminal continuous line as on
the upperside. Antennae dark brown spotted with white, head slightly
brownish, thorax and abdomen white. Female: similar, the black markings
on the upperside of the forewing on the whole slightly broader, but not
invariably so.<br />Wingspan: 25–53 mm<br /><b>Malayalam Name : <font size="5">പൊട്ടുവെള്ളാട്ടി</font></b><div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute;">പൊട്ടുവെള്ളാട്ടി<br /><br /> Continue reading at <a href="https://dekochi.com/butterflies-kerala.html">https://dekochi.com/butterflies-kerala.html</a> | <a href="https://dekochi.com">De Kochi - Photographic Journal</a></div><div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute;">പൊട്ടുവെള്ളാട്ടി<br /><br /> Continue reading at <a href="https://dekochi.com/butterflies-kerala.html">https://dekochi.com/butterflies-kerala.html</a> | <a href="https://dekochi.com">De Kochi - Photographic Journal</a></div><div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute;">പൊട്ടുവെള്ളാട്ടി<br /><br /> Continue reading at <a href="https://dekochi.com/butterflies-kerala.html">https://dekochi.com/butterflies-kerala.html</a> | <a href="https://dekochi.com">De Kochi - Photographic Journal</a></div><div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute;">പൊട്ടുവെള്ളാട്ടി<br /><br /> Continue reading at <a href="https://dekochi.com/butterflies-kerala.html">https://dekochi.com/butterflies-kerala.html</a> | <a href="https://dekochi.com">De Kochi - Photographic Journal</a></div><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;">Subspecies in India:</span></h4><h4>(1) <em>Leptosia nina nina</em> (Fabricius, 1793) – Oriental Psyche<br /></h4><b>(2) <em>Leptosia nina nicobarica</em> (Doherty, 1886) – Nicobar Psyche</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptosia_nina"><b>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptosia_nina</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/811/Leptosia-nina">https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/811/Leptosia-nina</a><br /></b></div>Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0Chungom Bus Stop, Chungom - SH Mount Rd, Kumaranalloor, Kottayam, Kerala 686041, India9.6025245 76.51740979.6019955756777939 76.516873258197023 9.603053424322205 76.51794614180298tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-42706544052711614082020-07-11T08:00:00.000-07:002020-07-11T07:54:19.180-07:00Lime Butterfly<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeWjQMfZ3ZCE_CkEg0W7R1K92xWkyzNp7IE07_kFdbCcnPyFFegsa_U1V4RUo6Wc38cdJIGGh6ZebEe3ByLL5W2jBUGbgt7inDPKUZC6GnLDy5ivLlvEXoadPT2uVZyxpCLNfETn2fJb_/s680/Lime+Butterfly1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="680" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeWjQMfZ3ZCE_CkEg0W7R1K92xWkyzNp7IE07_kFdbCcnPyFFegsa_U1V4RUo6Wc38cdJIGGh6ZebEe3ByLL5W2jBUGbgt7inDPKUZC6GnLDy5ivLlvEXoadPT2uVZyxpCLNfETn2fJb_/w500-h345/Lime+Butterfly1.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><a class="extiw" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pipilio_protenor.jpg" title="c:File:Pipilio protenor.jpg">Papilio</a> demoleus</i> is a common and widespread <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallowtail_butterfly" title="Swallowtail butterfly">swallowtail butterfly</a>. The butterfly is also known as the lime butterfly, lemon butterfly, lime swallowtail, and chequered swallowtail. These <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_name" title="Common name">common names</a> refer to their host plants, which are usually citrus species such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_(fruit)" title="Lime (fruit)">cultivated lime</a>. Unlike most swallowtail butterflies, it does not have a prominent tail. The butterfly is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pest_(organism)" title="Pest (organism)">pest</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species" title="Invasive species">invasive species</a>, found from Asia.The butterfly is tailless and has a wingspan 80–100 mm.<sup class="reference" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span></span></sup>Above, the background colour is black. A broad, irregular yellow band
is found on the wings above, which is broken in the case of the
forewing. Besides this, the butterfly has a large number of irregular
spots on the wing. The upper hindwing has a red tornal spot with blue
edging around it. <br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Malayalam Name : <font size="5">നാരക ശലഭം</font></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="goog_385791934"><br /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="goog_385791934"><br /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="goog_385791934">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_demoleus</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/602/Papilio-demoleus">https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/602/Papilio-demoleus</a></b><br /></div>Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0Chungam, Kottayam, Kerala 686001, India9.599084 76.5170893-18.711149836178848 41.360839299999995 37.909317836178843 111.6733393tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-40008224941415175982020-07-10T22:01:00.001-07:002020-07-11T02:40:22.761-07:00Plain Tiger<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_chrysippus#cite_note-:32-5"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHGwZ9oP0Tcavx9JJGySWu2XeCEJ8kaYKVR6Z3Omtc8cVZaTt3r9SzBIfMswH3HOtP_yJgj-sv6Nome_DBrpeSHL5UIPP459bkUN-6Bzydh7FMXvLXXetIxYnlCcAx6xhCTP61s850nEJ/s1350/Nature%2527s+Feature+Landscaping%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1350" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHGwZ9oP0Tcavx9JJGySWu2XeCEJ8kaYKVR6Z3Omtc8cVZaTt3r9SzBIfMswH3HOtP_yJgj-sv6Nome_DBrpeSHL5UIPP459bkUN-6Bzydh7FMXvLXXetIxYnlCcAx6xhCTP61s850nEJ/w625-h301/Nature%2527s+Feature+Landscaping%25281%2529.jpg" width="625" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span><a name='more'></a></span></b></i><p style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Danaus chrysippus</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, also known as the plain tiger African queen, or African Monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>. It belongs to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danainae" title="Danainae">Danainae</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subfamily" title="Subfamily">subfamily</a> of the brush-footed butterfly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphalidae" title="Nymphalidae">Nymphalidae</a>. Danainae primarily consume plants in the genus <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias" title="Asclepias">Asclepias</a></i>, more commonly called milkweed. Milkweed contains toxic compounds, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardenolide" title="Cardenolide">cardenolides</a>, which are often consumed and stored by many butterflies. Because of their <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emetic" title="Emetic">emetic</a> properties, the plain tiger is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatability" title="Palatability">unpalatable</a> to most predators. As a result, the species' coloration is widely <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimicry" title="Mimicry">mimicked</a> by other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterflies" title="Butterflies">butterflies</a>. <i>D. chrysippus</i> is a medium-sized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly" title="Butterfly">butterfly</a> with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingspan" title="Wingspan">wingspan</a>
of about 7–8 cm (2.8–3.1 in). The body is black with many white spots.
The wings are orange, the upperside brighter and richer than the
underside. The apical half of the forewing is black with a white band.
The hindwing has three black spots in the center. The wings are bordered
in black and outlined with semicircular white spots.</span></b></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Malayalam name: Erikkuthappi.</span></b></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/744/Danaus-chrysippus">https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/744/Danaus-chrysippus</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_chrysippus#Description">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_chrysippus#Description<br /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0Chungom Bus Stop, Chungom - SH Mount Rd, Kumaranalloor, Kottayam, Kerala 686041, India9.6025245 76.51740979.6019955756265247 76.516873258197023 9.6030534243734742 76.51794614180298tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-52657843487919212532018-12-22T07:36:00.002-08:002020-07-10T22:06:56.973-07:00Monkey Puzzle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-76685391745799069752016-12-28T06:56:00.000-08:002020-07-10T06:21:11.079-07:00Common Baran Butterfly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-47918884728120971922016-12-28T06:53:00.001-08:002016-12-28T06:53:22.089-08:00Grass Demon Butterfly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-8773682958384181922016-07-07T03:59:00.002-07:002016-07-07T03:59:40.293-07:00Blue Mormon Butterfly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Second largest butterfly in India.</div>
Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-38602948375912655952016-02-06T23:54:00.001-08:002016-02-06T23:54:08.261-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-87955535625008358042016-02-06T23:48:00.003-08:002016-02-06T23:48:13.013-08:00Grass Jewel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-18337084026107027852016-01-26T02:25:00.001-08:002016-01-26T02:25:06.515-08:00Caterpiller of Common Mormon Butterfly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-89306263490917084732016-01-26T02:15:00.003-08:002016-01-26T02:15:45.316-08:00Common Eggfly <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-48429072941308176392016-01-26T02:10:00.001-08:002016-01-26T02:10:49.284-08:00Common Evenig Brown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-81499507648657521582015-11-05T21:25:00.002-08:002015-11-05T21:26:59.090-08:00Southern Birdwing Butterfly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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India's largest butterfly.</div>
Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-33541137963212438782015-11-05T21:23:00.003-08:002015-11-05T21:23:37.333-08:00Dark Blue Tiger Butterfly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-92001248604532770412015-11-05T21:12:00.000-08:002015-11-05T21:12:15.499-08:00Chocolate Pansy Butterfly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-64003586414298683432015-11-05T21:09:00.001-08:002015-11-05T21:09:04.440-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-51951350847312114362015-11-05T21:08:00.002-08:002015-11-05T21:08:07.177-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sushil Thomas Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02664228352291841958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383850072077213100.post-66228467638893826952015-10-21T20:08:00.003-07:002015-10-21T20:08:51.238-07:00Common Sailer Butterfly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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