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... egg and final stage is termed the metamorphosis and there is probably no other order of insect in which this phenomenon is more completely and distinctly exhibited . The eggs , which vary in number in different species , are spherical ...
... egg and final stage is termed the metamorphosis and there is probably no other order of insect in which this phenomenon is more completely and distinctly exhibited . The eggs , which vary in number in different species , are spherical ...
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... eggs and deposit their own inside those laid by the butterfly . These hatch out and live on the substance of the butterfly's egg and ultimately a small fly emerges instead of a caterpillar . Except that the eggs are small and so likely ...
... eggs and deposit their own inside those laid by the butterfly . These hatch out and live on the substance of the butterfly's egg and ultimately a small fly emerges instead of a caterpillar . Except that the eggs are small and so likely ...
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... eggs among the ants and leaving it to them to see that the little caterpillar finds its food . Species whose larvae feed inside fruits almost invariably lay their eggs on a flower before the fruit has formed . Certain species pass the ...
... eggs among the ants and leaving it to them to see that the little caterpillar finds its food . Species whose larvae feed inside fruits almost invariably lay their eggs on a flower before the fruit has formed . Certain species pass the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
KEY TO FIELD IDENTIFICATION OF THE COMMONEST BUTTERFLIES | 15 |
A KEY TO THE Families of BUTTERFLIES | 33 |
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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 fond foodplants forest forewings 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 settling sexes Sikkim to Assam South India spot end cell Status streak SWALLOWTAILS tail tawny termen tornus Treebrown trees underside UNUP upperside UPUN usually veins visit flowers Western Ghats white discal white spots wings Ypthima