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Black Prince

Rohana parisatis

Photo by VictoriaRisby
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Field Notes

Description:

Wingspan: 45-50mm
Males and females vary in colour. Males are dark brown or black velvety look on the upperside and the females are a more pale brown colour.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
VictoriaRisby
Oh! You've completely solved my problem actually! This is a species called Black Prince which is found here, apparently the females are this colour and the males are darker. Thank you so much
VictoriaRisby
Oh wow it does look like that! Although distribution doesn't place that species in my area. Strangely I have just caught another one around 3 hours ago which looks the same. I will post a picture of that too. Thank you for your help!
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Try this page http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/tx/8-Nymphalidae It looks like a very worn Himalayan Brown Prince but I have not checked distribution for this species yet. For all other species of Butterfly in India, and links to Moths, Odonata etc. go here: http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/

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PublishedNovember 17, 2015

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