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ands. Exp. 27-35 mm. S. lohita. Male above blue, female brown. Creamy
or reddish below with black or reddish bands. Exp. 30-42 mm.
Z. chrysomallus. Male copper red, dark border. Female pale blue, brown
border. Hindwing with 2 spots and 2 tails in male 3 in female. Below
greyish with lined loose spots. Exp. 30-42 mm. Tended by Oecophylla
ants. P. cleobis. Blue, wings produced, forewing apex black, less
extensive in female. Inner tail broad. Below brownish. Exp. 27-38 mm. T.
cippus. Shining greenish blue, forewing top black, female like jehana,
wing fringe brownish or whitish. Below pale. Exp. 31-45 mm. J. jehana.
Blue, corner forewing pale in female, wavy lines on forewing, fringes
white. Below grey to white. Exp. 30- 37 mm. C. freja. Brown, male
purplish. Hindwing border white, spotted black. Below faint whitish bars,
black spots at corner of hindwing, metallic scales. Two tails, one long and
broad. Exp. 38- 42 mm.
R. amor. Dark brown. Band of white spots in forewing, hind with 2 black
and a band of reddish spots. Below white to brown. Forewing with dark
markings, white lines. Three tails, central longest. Exp. 26-28 mm. C.
elegans. Violet blue, narrow border. Female paler, border broader. Below
grey-brown, black and silver edged bands and spots. 3 tails, middle
longest. Exp. 28-32 mm. C. othona. Male bluish, forewing apex, and
hindwing border black. Female brown lower part whitish. Below white
with black bars and markings, a black spot. Two thin tails with an orange
spot at top of each. Exp. 24- 27 mm. Rare.
D. epijarbus. Male red. forewing border brown, centre black. Hindwing
dark, veins black. Female brown, forewing pale. Below brown with bars,
a band in centre. Hindwing partly black, yellow ringed spot, slender tail.
Exp. 34-44 mm. V. isocrates. (Pomegranate butterfly) (सर , सरस
डी, नाडत मिशांचे ळ वर ल फलपुडी, ना खर) Bluish brown. Orange patch in forewing, orange
and black spots in hindwing in female. Exp. 34-50 mm. Larva pest on
pomegranate, guava, loquat, tamarind, orange etc. feeding inside fruit.
Full grown caterpillar dirty brown, short, stout, a few hairs. 15-20 mm.
long. Pupates in fruit. R. varuna. Dull, shining blue, forewing shading to
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