List Of Butterflies Of The Western Ghats
This is a list of butterfly species found in the Western Ghats region. This region is a biodiversity hotspot and about 334 species of butterflies have been recorded. * Papilionidae—swallowtail butterflies (19 species) * Pieridae—yellow-white butterflies (34 species) * Nymphalidae—brush-footed butterflies (97 species) * Riodinidae—metalmark butterflies (1 species) * Lycaenidae—blues, hairstreaks and gossamer-winged butterflies (101 species) * Hesperiidae—skipper butterflies (83 species) Family Papilionidae Subfamily Papilioninae Genus ''Graphium'' (''Pathysa'')—swordtails and zebras * Spot swordtail, ''Pathysa nomius'' ( Esper, 1798) * Fivebar swordtail, ''Pathysa antiphates '' (Cramer, 1775) Genus ''Graphium''—bluebottles and jays * Common jay, ''Graphium doson'' ( C. & R. Felder, 1864) * Tailed jay, ''Graphium agamemnon'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * Common bluebottle, ''Graphium sarpedon'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Genus ''Atrophaneura'' (''Pachliopta'')—roses * ...
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Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily (zoology), superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea"), and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, as like most insects they undergo Holometabolism, complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs o ...
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