India, a Lifescape: Butterflies of Peninsular IndiaButterflies Of Peninsular India Represents The First Fascicle In This Series. This Important New Work Of Reference Is Also A Joy To Look At And A Pleasure To Read, Combining Comprehensiveness, Consistency Of Style And Beauty To This Degree. Ancillary Information On Distribution, Ecology And Behaviour Will Help Design Field Exercises And Projects Focussing On First-Hand Observations Of Living Organisms. This Essential Source Of Visual And Factual Reference Is An Indispensable Book For Everyone Who Cares About Nature, And Will Stimulate Popular Interest In The Broader Spectrum Of India S Biological Wealth. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ecology of Butterflies | 12 |
Conservation Problems and Solutions | 44 |
Butterfly Family and Species Accounts | 53 |
Common Castor Ariadne merione Cramer | 134 |
Lemon Pansy Junonia lemonias Linnaeus | 136 |
Painted Lady Cynthia cardui Linnaeus | 138 |
Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus | 141 |
Tiny Grass Blue Zizula hylax Fabricius | 165 |
Lime Blue Chilades laius Stoll | 167 |
Gram Blue Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius | 169 |
Pea Blue Lampides boeticus Linnaeus | 170 |
Common Cerulean Jamides celeno Cramer | 172 |
Common Lineblue Prosotas nora C R Felder | 174 |
Red Pierrot Talicada nyseus GuérinMénéville | 176 |
Large Oakblue Arhopala amantes Moore | 178 |
Blue Tiger Tirumala limniace Cramer | 143 |
Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus | 145 |
Striped or Common Tiger Danaus genutia Cramer | 148 |
Common Indian Crow Euploea core Cramer | 149 |
Malabar Tree Nymph Idea malabarica Moore | 152 |
Lycaenidae Blues | 157 |
Common Pierrot Castalius rosimon Fabricius | 159 |
Zebra Blue Leptotes plinius Fabricius | 161 |
Common Hedge Blue Actolepis puspa Horsfield | 163 |
Common Silverline Spindasis vulcanus Fabricius | 180 |
Peacock Royal Tajuria cippus Fabricius | 183 |
Slate Flash Rapala manea Moore | 185 |
Hesperiidae Skippers | 189 |
Larval Host Plants of Peninsular Indian Butterflies | 221 |
Common Banded Awl Hasora chromus Cramer 191 | 226 |
Common Spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus leucocera Kollar 196 | 227 |
Glossary | 243 |
Common terms and phrases
abdomen Acanthaceae adult Annonaceae areas Arecaceae Asclepiadaceae basking black spots Blue Tiger body body-band Brush-Footed Butterflies Bushbrown Butterflies of Peninsular butterfly species Capparaceae Capparis caterpillar caterpillars feed cell colour Combretaceae Common Indian Crow Common Mormon cultivated Danaid Eggfly Distribution and Habitat disturbed dry season form Eggfly Euphorbiaceae evergreen forests Fabaceae Fabricius female Field Characters Wingspan flies flight flowers fore wings Grass Blue Grass Yellow green habitats herbs hind wings human habitations Krushnamegh Kunte large tree Larval Host Plants leaf leaves Length of caterpillar Length of pupa Linnaeus Lycaenidae Malabar male margin markings mimics Mimosaceae monsoon mud-puddling nectar Oakblue pale Pansy parasitoids peninsular India Plain Tiger Plate Poaceae predators proboscis pupa pupation Reproduction Rutaceae Scientific Name scrublands segment semi-evergreen and evergreen semi-evergreen forests shiny Silverline Similar Species Skippers small tree spiracles Subfamily surface thorax underside unpalatable upperside usually Western Ghats wet soil white band white spots