Chestnut Bob Butterfly – Iambrix salsala
As evident from the name, Chestnut Bob Butterfly is a skipper butterfly with chestnut color. It is the common skipper butterfly found here, often sitting on thulsi leaves or thumba flowers.
As evident from the name, Chestnut Bob Butterfly is a skipper butterfly with chestnut color. It is the common skipper butterfly found here, often sitting on thulsi leaves or thumba flowers.
Dingy Lineblue is a not so common butterfly found in India and neighboring countries. It is from the Lycaenidae (Blues) family. The color is brownish yellow.
Angled Pierrot Butterfly is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in India. It is also one among the ‘pierrots’ found here in Kerala. Common Pierrot is the most common among them. Others are Dark Pierrot, Striped Pierrot, Banded Blue Pierrot…
Common Crow Butterfly or Common Indian Crow is a brown colored nymphalid commonly seen in India and many of the other south Asian countries. It is also a milkweed butterfly.
Oriental Grass jewel or Chilades putli is a very small Lycaenid butterfly seen in India. As of now, it is the smallest butterfly in India, along with Grass Jewel (Chilades trochylus)- a similar butterfly. Below are some pictures and details about the…
Common Albatross or Appias albina is a beautiful butterfly from the Whites and Yellows family – Pieridae. As the name of the family suggests, its color is also white and yellow.
Malayan or Megisba malaya is small white colored butterfly from the Blues family – Lycaenidae. As I have read, according to some recent information, Tailless Malayan – Megisba malaya thwaitesi – is a subspecies of the former. It mainly occurs…
Malabar Gladeye Bushbrown, whose scientific name is Mycalesis junonia is a member of the Nymphalidae family of butterflies. This butterfly is quite common in Kerala, especially the forests of Sahyadri region. And it is considered as a common butterfly in its…
Blue Tiger Butterfly or Tirumala limniace is a large and beautiful species from the milkweed subfamily of Nymphalids. These are found along with other ‘tiger’ butterflies; sometimes on the same roost. Photos and details I have collected about Tirumala limniace are…
Striped Tiger or Danaus genutia is a beautiful butterfly from the Nymphalidae family with striking black linings on its colorful wings. This milkweed butterfly is a common species in India and other South Asian countries.
Zebra Blue or Leptotes plinius is a small butterfly from the Lycaenidae family. It is easily identifiable by its unique markings on the underside. Here I am sharing the photos and the details I’ve learned about it.
Forget-me-not or Catochrysops strabo is a common species of butterfly from the Lycaenidae family, also known as Blues family. The name of the butterfly itself is very interesting, right? Here is a photo of it I’ve taken.