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Graphium Cloanthus
''Graphium cloanthus'', the glassy bluebottle, is a common, non-threatened tropical butterfly of the family Papilionidae. Description Upperside, forewing: costal margin up to a line through the anterior half of the cell to the apex of the wing and the terminal margin broadly black; the medial portion of the wing pale hyaline (glass like) greenish yellow interrupted anteriorly by the following irregular black bands that join the black on the costa to the black on the termen: a band across middle of cell and along vein 4, another at apex of cell and along vein 5, and two shorter and more oblique nearer the apex of the wing; the hyaline spot left close to the apex much smaller than those below; lastly, a pale subterminal, somewhat obscure broad line. Hindwing: an even black band along the dorsum in continuation of the black on the costal margin of the forewing, joined below to a very broad black band on the terminal margin; the remaining triangular medial portion of the wing and a tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Butterflies Of India (Papilionidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of family Papilionidae (superfamily Papilionoidea), or the swallowtails, which are found in India. This family of large and beautiful butterflies is well represented with 89 species found within Indian borders.Evans (1932) states, in a table on pg 23, the number of papilionids in the Indian subcontinent as 90; 15 species being found in Ceylon, 19 in South India, 6 in Baluchistan, 11 in Chitral, 31 in the western Himalayas, 69 in Northeast India, 50 in southern Myanmar and 13 in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Wynter-Blyth (1957) gives a modified version of the same table on p. 12, where the overall number of species is 94; with differences being in total number of species for Northeast Himalayas (62) and Myanmar (66). The present list is based on the IUCN red data book, with corrections made by subsequent editors especially in the Parnassiinae. Kunte (2000) on p. 55 mentions a total of 107 species with 19 in peninsular India. Varshney & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
