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Page 153
... males are extremely fond of over - ripe fruit and should be looked for near apricot trees when the fruit is ripe , and they will sometimes be caught inside houses if peaches or mangoes are left lying about . As de Nicéville mentions the ...
... males are extremely fond of over - ripe fruit and should be looked for near apricot trees when the fruit is ripe , and they will sometimes be caught inside houses if peaches or mangoes are left lying about . As de Nicéville mentions the ...
Page 183
... males . These bands are normally white , occasionally tinged with blue , but sometimes tawny - yellow in the females . The abdomen , except in the males of P. selenophora , and P. zeroca , is barred with white or tawny - yellow in ...
... males . These bands are normally white , occasionally tinged with blue , but sometimes tawny - yellow in the females . The abdomen , except in the males of P. selenophora , and P. zeroca , is barred with white or tawny - yellow in ...
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... males bear a serrated or saw - like edge of which the purpose is unknown . The Sawtooths are all jungle insects . The males visit flowers and damp patches ; the females do so too but much less frequently . THE SPOTTED SAWTOOTH Prioneris ...
... males bear a serrated or saw - like edge of which the purpose is unknown . The Sawtooths are all jungle insects . The males visit flowers and damp patches ; the females do so too but much less frequently . THE SPOTTED SAWTOOTH Prioneris ...
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