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Papilio polymnestor, the blue Mormon, [ 1][ 2] is a large swallowtail butterfly found in south India and Sri Lanka. [ 1][ 2] In India it has bee recently reported from the eastern part of India, from the State of Jharkhand. [ 3] It is the "state butterfly" of the Indian state of Maharashtra. With a wingspan of 120–150 mm, it is the fourth ...
Danaus chrysippus. Danaus chrysippus, also known as the plain tiger, [ 1][ 2] African queen, [ 2] or African monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. [ 2] It belongs to the Danainae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. Danainae primarily consume plants in the genus Asclepias, more ...
Choaspes benjaminii. ( Guérin-Méneville, 1843) [1] Choaspes benjaminii, [2] [3] also known as the Indian awlking [4] or common awlking, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. [5] The species is named after Benjamin Delessert and was described on the basis of a specimen collected by Adolphe Delessert in the Nilgiris. [6]
Troides helena. Troides helena, the common birdwing, is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. It is often found in the wildlife trade due to its popularity with butterfly collectors. The butterfly has seventeen subspecies. [2] Troides helena cerberus.
The butterfly is found in India and ranges from South India to Khandesh, Madhya Pradesh to West Bengal. Description Male on top and females below. Unlike the common spotted flat, the semi-transparent white spots on the upperside of the forewings are separated from each other. It also has distinct rows of pale yellow spots on the hindwing and ...
The following is a list of the butterflies of India. India has extremely diverse terrain , climate and vegetation , which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, islands and continental areas, widely varying flora, and sharply marked seasons. [ 1 ]
The Kaiser-i-Hind is a rare species of swallowtail butterfly found from Nepal and north India eastwards to north Vietnam. The common name literally means "Emperor of India", and it is much sought after by butterfly collectors for its beauty and rarity. Kaiser-e-Hind, Teinopalpus imperialis Hope, 1843.
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