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Monkey Puzzle Butterfly
Rathinda amor
19.9922, 72.7343
Field Notes
Description:
Wingspan: 26-28mm
Status: Not rare
Distr.: India (South India up to Gujrat, orissa, West Bangal, Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast), Bangladesh, Shri Lanka.
Habitat:
Prefers mixed deciduous forests with good rainfall & plains as well as hills up to 900m. Weak, fluttering flight, keeps to undergrowth and clearings, usually near the larval food plants.
Notes:
Adult: HW has tree tails. UN white to dark yellowish brown. UNF has irregular dark basal markings. curved white discal line and a broad, rich dark brown, apical patch. UNH with irregular dark spots and lines, and a silver marginal line, UP of both sexes dark brown; UPH with two black tornal spots and a narrow dark reddish band above and beyond them.
LF: Ixora spp., and other plants belonging to Rubiaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Lortanthaceae, Sapindaceae an Myrtaceae.
Found in Dahanu (Asawa fort), Maharashtra, India
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