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... never have these tufts and are never covered with hairs thick enough to obscure the surface . The chrysalids of butterflies may hang from a twig , may be secured by a body - band , lie on a leaf or on the ground , or be enclosed in a ...
... never have these tufts and are never covered with hairs thick enough to obscure the surface . The chrysalids of butterflies may hang from a twig , may be secured by a body - band , lie on a leaf or on the ground , or be enclosed in a ...
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... never with fine brown streaks as in WSF . Tail at v . 3 longer than tooth at v . 1 . Habits . One of the commonest of Indian butterflies in many parts of the country , being so common in certain areas as to be a nuisance around lights ...
... never with fine brown streaks as in WSF . Tail at v . 3 longer than tooth at v . 1 . Habits . One of the commonest of Indian butterflies in many parts of the country , being so common in certain areas as to be a nuisance around lights ...
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... never being moved far from the horizontal . The Sergeants have a somewhat similar flight but stronger and the wings are held considerably below the horizontal when they sail . The Clipper , Parthenos , has the same method of flight but ...
... never being moved far from the horizontal . The Sergeants have a somewhat similar flight but stronger and the wings are held considerably below the horizontal when they sail . The Clipper , Parthenos , has the same method of flight but ...
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