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... underside . These butterflies , like the Bushbrowns and Treebrowns , are very fond of ripe fruit and toddy and will be seen about tapped palm trees . When forced to fly in the daytime they are the prey of Bee - eaters and other birds ...
... underside . These butterflies , like the Bushbrowns and Treebrowns , are very fond of ripe fruit and toddy and will be seen about tapped palm trees . When forced to fly in the daytime they are the prey of Bee - eaters and other birds ...
Page 182
... underside . As we proceed north - west the climate becomes progressively drier and the appearance of the butterfly alters accordingly . First the spot in 1b disappears , and next the discal band narrows until eventually it is a mere ...
... underside . As we proceed north - west the climate becomes progressively drier and the appearance of the butterfly alters accordingly . First the spot in 1b disappears , and next the discal band narrows until eventually it is a mere ...
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... underside is paler . Another species is the Persian Grass Blue , Zizeeria galba . ( 20-24 mm . ) . Idak . Waziristan . Rare . See Evans's Identification of Indian Butterflies . GENUS 22 . Euchrysops - THE PLAINS CUPIDS General ...
... underside is paler . Another species is the Persian Grass Blue , Zizeeria galba . ( 20-24 mm . ) . Idak . Waziristan . Rare . See Evans's Identification of Indian Butterflies . GENUS 22 . Euchrysops - THE PLAINS CUPIDS General ...
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