All Entries in the "insects" Category

Butterfly(Family:Nymphalidae)

Nymphalidae Members of this family are generally brush-footed butterflies, this refers to the reduced pair of the first legs or forelegs that are covered in dense hairs. The front pair of legs is inconspicuous and much smaller that the other four. They are not used for walking or holding but for cleaning their antennae and [...]

Butterflies

Butterfly(family:Riodinidae)

Riodinidae The adults are rather small and delicate butterflies which fly only in sunshine, and all are practically cofined to primary forest. They are fond of settling on the upperside of leaves, with half open wings, and are usually found singly. Some species are rather local in distribution. Riodinidae Abisara geza niya Abisara saturata kausambiodes [...]

Butterfly(family:pieridae)

Pieridae The Pieridae family, commonly called the white and sulfurs, are highly variable in coloration in spite of their name. The butterflies are generally medium in size. Coliadinae Catopsilia pomona pomona (Lemon Emigrant) Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Mottled Emigrant) Catopsilia scylla cornelia (Orange Emigrant) Eurema andersonii andersonii (Anderson’s Grass Yellow) Eurema blanda snelleni (Three Spot Grass [...]

Butterfly(Family:Papilionidae)

Papilionidae Members of this family are generally large striking fliers. They are also the largest butterflies in the world. Although commonly known as Swallowtail Family, some of the species are tailless. Papilioninae Chilasa clytia clytia (Common Mime) Graphium agamemnon agamemnon (Tailed Jay) Graphium doson evemonides(Common Jay) Graphium evemon eventus (Blue Jay) Graphium sarpedon luctatius (Common [...]

Butterflies of Kerala

Papilionidae Papilioninae: Troidini Southern or Western Ghats Birdwing    Troides minos (Endemic) Malabar Rose    Pachliopta pandiyana (Endemic) Common Rose    Pachliopta aristolochiae Crimson Rose    Pachliopta hector Papilioninae: Leptocirini Common Blue bottle    Graphium sarpedon Common Jay    Graphium doson Tailed Jay    Graphium agamemnon Spot Swordtail    Graphium nomius Five bar swordtail    Graphium antiphates Papilioninae: Pailionini Common Mime    Papilio clytia Lime [...]

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth (about ten times the number of species of butterfly), with thousands of species yet to be described.Most species of moth [...]

Butterflies(flying beauties)

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly’s life cycle consists of four parts, egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the [...]

Insects

Insects (from Latin insectum, means “cut into sections”) are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax, and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae. They are among the most diverse group of animals on the planet and include more than [...]