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... Species . Species are butterflies that breed with one another . Apparently similar forms may fly together and not breed , in which case they are considered different species and will probably be found to have differences in their ...
... Species . Species are butterflies that breed with one another . Apparently similar forms may fly together and not breed , in which case they are considered different species and will probably be found to have differences in their ...
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... species ; if they can breed together , one form will be eliminated or may continue as a dimorph . Hybrids Cases where different species have bred together are extremely rare . Hybrid forms of certain species of Colotis ( the Arabs ) ...
... species ; if they can breed together , one form will be eliminated or may continue as a dimorph . Hybrids Cases where different species have bred together are extremely rare . Hybrid forms of certain species of Colotis ( the Arabs ) ...
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... species . They are generally placed on a flower or its stalk , or on a young shoot , and they are always well - concealed . Some species lay their eggs . on dead leaves or twigs or even on the ground near the foodplant , leaving it to ...
... species . They are generally placed on a flower or its stalk , or on a young shoot , and they are always well - concealed . Some species lay their eggs . on dead leaves or twigs or even on the ground near the foodplant , leaving it to ...
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