Friday, February 7, 2014

Butterflies of Burnihat, Assam (part-4)

This part is about Family Lycanidae (Blues) found here in Burnihat, Assam.

1.       Pale Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha)

A small and common butterfly in the campus. Can be seen on grasses and small herbs in roadsides.
wingspan : 26-30mm
status : Common


2.       Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis)




3.       Lime Blue (Chilades lajus)




4.       Common Acacia Blue (Surendra quercetorum)


female
male

5.       Purple Sapphire (Heliophorus epicles)




6.       Angled Pierrot (Caleta caleta)




7.       Common Cerulean (Jemides celeno)



9.       Metallic Cerulean (Jemides alecto)



10.   Dark Cerulean (Jemides bochus)





11.   Plains cupid (Chilades pandava)




12.   Malayan (Megisba malaya)





13.   Quaker (Neopithecops zalmora)



14.   Yamfly (Loxura atymnus)



15.   Zebra Blue (Leptotes plinius)





16.   Punchinello (Zemeros flegyas)







17.   Tailless Lineblue (Prosotas dubiosa)



18.  Common Lineblue (Prosotas nora)







19.  Indian Red Flash (Rapala iarbus)







20.   Slate Flash (Rapala manea)


male

female

21.   Copper Flash (Rapala pheretima)