beautiful butterflies b. siddaramaiah retd. professor of zoology
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BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES
B. Siddaramaiah
Retd. Professor of Zoology
On a day with dappled light,In a world of greed and strife,With a message clear and bright,God’s angels come to life.
Full of grace and Nature’s sheen,Sipping nectar, as they plyOn wings of red, blue and green,Happiness is a Butterfly!
Systematic Position
Phylum – ArthropodaClass – Insecta Order – Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)Time of Origin – 130 million years ago during cretaceous
World lepidopteras 174250 species included under 26 families
Butterflies in Indian region – 1500 species and moths 10000 speciesButterflies of peninsular India – 335 species – 34 species are endemic
Some families of butterflies
• Danaidae (Milkweed butterflies) • Papilionidae (Swallow tail butterflies)• Pieridae (Whites and Yellow butterflies)• Satyridae (Brown butterfiles) • Nymphalidae (Brush footed butterflies) • Lycaenidae (Blue butterflies) • Hesperiidae (Skipper Butterflies)
Lime Butterfly
Common Crow
Common Crow
Common Leopard
Plain Tiger
Peacock pansy
Blue Bottle
Blue Bottle
Common Mime
Great Orange Tip
Wanderor
Emigrant
Crimson Rose
Kallima (Dead Leaf butterfly)
Kallima (Dead Leaf butterfly)
Admiral
Skipper
Common Mormon
Commander
Blue Pancy
Lemon Pancy
Common Grass yellow
Common Jezebel
Common Pierot
Dark Blue Tiger
Yellow Pancy
Great Egg Fly-Male
Great Egg Fly-Female
Danaid Egg Fly-Male
Danaid Egg Fly-Female
Angled Castor
Common Sailor
Blue Mormon
Common Banded Peacock
Blue Commander
Skipper
Red Pierot
Striped Tiger
Tawny Coster
Tailed Jay
Bush Brown
Malabar Tree nymph
Common Map
Grass Jewel
Indian Sunbeam
Indian Cabbage White
Tamil Lace Wing
Tamil Lace Wing
Southern Bird Wing
Great Crimson Tip
Giant Red Eye
Mud Puddling
Queen Alexandra’s bird wing-New Guinea(Wing Span 25-28cms)
Micro Psyche of North America(Wing Span 5-7mm)
Monarch Butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico covering a distance of 3200 kms
