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| from Kerala | |
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| Species: | H. davisoni |
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| Heteropsis davisoni (Moore, [1891]) | |
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Heteropsis davisoni, the Palni bushbrown, [5] is a species of satyrine butterfly found in southern India. [6] [2] Some authors consider this as a subspecies of Heteropsis mamerta [6] or Mycalesis malsara [7] or Mycalesis lepcha . [8]
Male. Upperside dark olivescent ochreous-brown, Both wings with a faint trace of the discal transverse band of the underside seen from above; cilia whitish and distinctly alternated with black at end of the veins. Fore-wing with a small black spot between the middle and lower median veins. Hind-wing with two small black spots, of which the upper one is between the upper and middle medians and the other between the middle and lower medians; submarginal lunular lines pale, indistinct, the intervening line and the extreme marginal line of both wings being blackish.
Underside darker, purpurescent in tint; basal area with numerous indistinct black strigae. Both wings with a prominent sharply-defined white transverse discal baud, the outer edge of which is blackish; marginal lunular lines ochreous. Fore-wing with six ocelli on a purple-brown ground-colour, of which the four upper are minute and the third and fourth incomplete; the fifth (between the middle and lower median) moderately large, the sixth minute, and the whole encompassed by the ordinary pale violet-grey line. Hind-wing with seven ocelli, on a purple-brown ground-colour, of which the three middle ones are somewhat pointed externally, and the third, fourth, and seventh the smallest. Male with a small patch of black scales on underside of the fore-wing, and a similar patch on the upper-side of hind-wing overlapped by a sub-basal tuft of brown hairs.
Body dark brown; palpi and legs paler; edges of palpi ochreous. Antennas bright ochreous towards the end, with the tip black.
Mycalesis patnia, the glad-eye bushbrown, is a satyrid butterfly found in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Mycalesis oculus, the red-disc bushbrown, is a satyrine butterfly found in southern India. It is similar in markings to Mycalesis adolphei but distinguished by the reddish band around the large apical spots on the upper forewings.
Papilio helenus, the red Helen, is a large swallowtail butterfly found in forests of southern India and parts of southeast Asia.
Dodona ouida, the mixed Punch, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm in West China, Himalayas, Northeast India (hills) and Burma that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the family Riodinidae.
Appias indra, the plain puffin, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in south and southeast Asia.
Mycalesis perseus, the dingy bushbrown or common bushbrown, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in south Asia and southeast Asia.
Mycalesis perseoides, the Pachmarhi bushbrown, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in Asia
Mycalesis subdita, the Tamil bushbrown, is a satyrine butterfly found in south India and Sri Lanka. It is not resolved whether this is a good species or is a subspecies of Mycalesis visala.
Heteropsis adolphei, the red-eye bushbrown, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in southern India. The species name is after Adolphe Delessert who collected the first specimens based on which the species was described.
Mycalesis mestra, the white-edged bushbrown, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in Asia
Mycalesis (annamitica) lepcha, the Lepcha bushbrown, is a satyrine butterfly found in Asia. It is not resolved whether it is best considered a distinct species, or included in Mycalesis annamitica. It was formerly included in Mycalesis malsara.
Mycalesis nicotia, the brighteye bushbrown, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in Asia.
Junonia almana, the peacock pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Cambodia and South Asia. It exists in two distinct adult forms, which differ chiefly in the patterns on the underside of the wings; the dry-season form has few markings, while the wet-season form has additional eyespots and lines. It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List.
Melanitis phedima, the dark evening brown, is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in south and southeast Asia.
Vindula erota, the common cruiser, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Neptis nata, the clear sailer or dirty sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south and southeast Asia.
Abisara bifasciata, the double-banded Judy or twospot plum Judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Asia.
Ypthima tabella is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in South India, described by Marshall and De Nicéville in 1883. Some experts still consider this as a subspecies of Ypthima philomela, baby fivering.
Mycalesis orcha, the pale-brand bushbrown, is a satyrine butterfly found in south India. Some authors consider this as a subspecies of Mycalesis visala.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Moore, Frederic (1890). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. I. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 206.