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Page 47
... pupa next draws its tail out of the remains of the old skin and , by means of some minute hooks in the cremaster , or end of the abdomen , fixes it again to another part of the pad of silk , at the same time working the cast - off ...
... pupa next draws its tail out of the remains of the old skin and , by means of some minute hooks in the cremaster , or end of the abdomen , fixes it again to another part of the pad of silk , at the same time working the cast - off ...
Page 234
... pupa and butterfly . Nevertheless this does not prevent their being attacked by insect parasites . The winter is spent in the larval stage and pupation takes place early in June , the pupa suspending itself head downwards from a twig or ...
... pupa and butterfly . Nevertheless this does not prevent their being attacked by insect parasites . The winter is spent in the larval stage and pupation takes place early in June , the pupa suspending itself head downwards from a twig or ...
Page 505
... pupa . The short vein emerging from v.8 near the base of the hindwing . Present in all families except the Blues . When the wing margin is indented and toothed , i.e. , like a scallop shell . Wavy . Closely marked with short , fine ...
... pupa . The short vein emerging from v.8 near the base of the hindwing . Present in all families except the Blues . When the wing margin is indented and toothed , i.e. , like a scallop shell . Wavy . Closely marked with short , fine ...
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