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... feed on ant larvae , greenflies and scale insects respectively , all butterfly caterpillars in India are vegetable feeders and eat leaves or flowers , or feed inside fruits . A species may keep to one botanical genus or even to one par ...
... feed on ant larvae , greenflies and scale insects respectively , all butterfly caterpillars in India are vegetable feeders and eat leaves or flowers , or feed inside fruits . A species may keep to one botanical genus or even to one par ...
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... feed on leguminous plants than any other order ; some feed on flowers , others feed inside fruits , and two Indian species are known to be carnivorous - the Apefly , Spalgis epius , feeding on Scale Insects ( Coccidae ) , the Moth ...
... feed on leguminous plants than any other order ; some feed on flowers , others feed inside fruits , and two Indian species are known to be carnivorous - the Apefly , Spalgis epius , feeding on Scale Insects ( Coccidae ) , the Moth ...
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... feed on pungent - smelling plants and absorb this quality , the osmeterium , which is connected with a scent gland , being for the purpose of disseminating the odour of the concentrated essences of the plants on which they feed . In ...
... feed on pungent - smelling plants and absorb this quality , the osmeterium , which is connected with a scent gland , being for the purpose of disseminating the odour of the concentrated essences of the plants on which they feed . In ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
KEY TO FIELD IDENTIFICATION OF THE COMMONEST BUTTERFLIES | 15 |
A KEY TO THE FAMILIES OF BUTTERFLIES | 33 |
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abundant Amblypodia apex FW apical Assam and Burma Baluchistan basal Bengal Bhutan black border black spots brand Bushbrown butterfly caught Ceylon Chitral Common Coorg costa damp patches Danais dark border dark brown Description discal band discal line discal spots dorsum Eriboea Euploea Euthalia feed feet females flies flight foodplants forest forewing genus Grass Habits Hedge Blue Himalayas hindwing insect jungle Kanara Kumaon larvae last species leaf Lethe low elevations Lycaenopsis Madhya Pradesh males Manipur markings Mussoorie Mycalesis Naga Hills narrow Neptis Nilgiris numbers NYMPHALIDS Oakblue ocelli orange Orissa outer discal paler Pantoporia Papilio plains Plate prominent Range Rapala rare regions Sailer settle sexes Sikkim to Assam South India spot end cell Status streak tail tawny termen tornal spot tornus Treebrown trees underside UNUP upperside UPUN usually veins visit flowers Western Ghats white discal white spots wings Ypthima