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... scales which clothe the wings and give them their characteristic colours and markings are arranged in rows and overlap like the tiles on a roof . As well as these normal scales many male butterflies carry specialized scales or ...
... scales which clothe the wings and give them their characteristic colours and markings are arranged in rows and overlap like the tiles on a roof . As well as these normal scales many male butterflies carry specialized scales or ...
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... scales faint or absent . FW cell markings defined by silver lines . : above brilliant violet dark blue ; very narrow dark borders . : paler blue with broad borders THE CENTAUR OAKBLUE , Amblypodia centaurus ( Plate 45. 53-62 mm . Ceylon ...
... scales faint or absent . FW cell markings defined by silver lines . : above brilliant violet dark blue ; very narrow dark borders . : paler blue with broad borders THE CENTAUR OAKBLUE , Amblypodia centaurus ( Plate 45. 53-62 mm . Ceylon ...
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... scales ; lobe not prominent . Basal dark band to mid - cell . ♂ : above , rather dark glossy purple - blue ; black border 2 mm . FW to 3 mm . , at apex . 9 : rather pale purple ; borders broader .. THE VARIEGATED PLUSHBLUE , Amblypodia ...
... scales ; lobe not prominent . Basal dark band to mid - cell . ♂ : above , rather dark glossy purple - blue ; black border 2 mm . FW to 3 mm . , at apex . 9 : rather pale purple ; borders broader .. THE VARIEGATED PLUSHBLUE , Amblypodia ...
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