White-bellied Blue Robin
White-bellied Blue Robin is a primarily blue colored bird found in a few places in the Sahyadri (Western Ghats). Here is a photo of the bird I have seen from Pampadum Shola National Park. So far, I have seen this…
Biodiversity
Angled Pierrot Butterfly – Caleta caleta
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…
Marbled White Moth – Nyctemera coleta
Marbled White Moth is a species of moth from the Erebidae family. It is a commonly seen moth species here in Kerala. It is found along India.
Malabar Whistling Thrush – Myophonus horsfieldii
Malabar Whistling Thrush is a dark blue and black colored bird which makes beautiful long songs. This bird is commonly found along the forests of Sahyadri (Western Ghtas) and nearby region.
Common Crow Butterfly – Euploe core
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.
State Bird of Kerala – Great Hornbill – Buceros bicornis
Getting even a glimpse of the Great Indian Hornbill is a great experience filled with excitement and joy. It is such a big and colorful bird. The scientific name of the bird is Buceros bicornis. In India, it is seen…
Oriental Grass Jewel – Chilades putli
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 – Appias albina
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.
Tailless Malayan – Megisba malaya thwaitesi
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 – Mycalesis junonia
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…
Rock Agamas of Chinnar
Rock Agama is a beautiful reptile from the Agamidae family of lizards. The first time I got a good picture of it was from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. These are common in the sanctuary, which has a lot of rocky habitats.…
Blue Tiger – Tirumala limniace
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…