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Plains Cupid butterfly (mating)

Chilades pandava

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Tiny, tailed, light grey butterfly with thin lines and spots. Two orange eyespots are clearly evident on the closed wings.

Habitat:

Urban garden

Notes:

My first ever shot of mating butterflies.

Reference Links:

Chilades pandava

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
SukanyaDatta
You are correct, Subhojit. Thank you. I have updated.

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Butterflies of West Bengal
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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Biodiversity of West Bengal, India

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PublishedJuly 2, 2014

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