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Page 180
... leaf of course occasionally if necessary . It generally goes to other leaves for food after the first two stages , but occasionally dines off the edges of its own particular one . In the last stage it wanders about , being no longer so ...
... leaf of course occasionally if necessary . It generally goes to other leaves for food after the first two stages , but occasionally dines off the edges of its own particular one . In the last stage it wanders about , being no longer so ...
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... leaf , and the egg is instantly laid . The same butterfly never seems to lay more than a single egg on the one leaf , although she frequently deposits eggs on different leaves of the same plant . The caterpillar feeds principally on ...
... leaf , and the egg is instantly laid . The same butterfly never seems to lay more than a single egg on the one leaf , although she frequently deposits eggs on different leaves of the same plant . The caterpillar feeds principally on ...
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... leaves . Naked and with- out processes , except sometimes a beak or projection between the eyes . Habits . The ... leaves ) and the remainder on Monocotyledons ( plants having one seed- leaf ) , i.e. , Grasses , Palms , Bamboos , Gingers ...
... leaves . Naked and with- out processes , except sometimes a beak or projection between the eyes . Habits . The ... leaves ) and the remainder on Monocotyledons ( plants having one seed- leaf ) , i.e. , Grasses , Palms , Bamboos , Gingers ...
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