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Large strong-flying black butterflies with distinctive colourful markings, most species of which occur along the low elevation forests of the Himalayas while a few species occur in the Western Ghats and some peninsular Indian forests. species group paris. Blue peacock, Papilio arcturus Westwood, 1842; Common peacock, Papilio bianor Cramer, [1777]
The family Pieridae, or the whites and yellows are a family of butterflies of moderate or small size. The common names refer to the two predominant colours found on the wings of these butterflies along with markings in black. Of the 1051 species of pierids occurring in the world, 81 species in 21 genera are found in India.
Atrophaneura pandiyana, the Malabar rose or pandiyana's maculaturoviy machaon with white stripes, [3] is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta, the roses or red-bodied swallowtails. [3] [4] [5] It is an important endemic butterfly of south India. [3] [5]
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia. [1] Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow, or orange in coloration, often with black spots.
The following is a list of the butterflies of India.. India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, islands and continental areas, widely varying flora, and sharply marked seasons. [1]
This is a list of butterfly species found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In this state 329 species of butterflies are expected to be found. Papilionidae—swallowtail butterflies (19 species) Pieridae—yellow-white butterflies (32 species) Nymphalidae—brush-footed butterflies (97 species) Lycaenidae—blues butterflies (96 species)
Pachliopta aristolochiae, the common rose, [2] [3] is a species of swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta, the roses, or red-bodied swallowtails. It is a common butterfly which is extensively distributed across south and southeast Asia .
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