Male. Upperside brown. Forewing without markings, but shading darker at the costa and outer margin. Hindwing with the abdominal fold grey, with a white cilia, a small black spot on the inner side of the anal lobe, and a still smaller and indistinct black spot in each of the next two interspaces, the two latter capped with dull orange, and all three outwardly edged with white; tails black, tipped and ciliated with white. Cilia brown, with white tips. Underside creamy-white, markings dull orange. Forewing with a thin line at the end of the cell; a discal band, commencing at the costa, with four thin annular marks, the first three spots outwardly oblique, the fourth straight below the third, the band continued in very thin lunules almost straight down to the sub-median vein, a sub-marginal lunular thin line. Hindming with a black, rather prominent sub-basal spot below the costa, another, somewhat larger, outside, also below the costa, with the discal series running down from it in one disconnected thin line, then two annular thin marks in the middle, followed by a thin sinuous line which curves in the form of the letter W on to the abdominal margin one-fourth above the anal angle, a small black anal spot, another in the first median interspace, both faintly crowned with dull orange, and a sub-marginal lunular line as in the forewing. Antennae black, ringed with white, club with a dull orange tip; head and body above and below concolorous with the wings. Female. Upperside blackish-brown. Forewing without markings. Hindwing with a small black anal spot, a larger black, sub-terminal spot in each of the next two inter.spaces, and a small spot in each of the next two, the last four prominently capped with white lunules; terminal line black, with an inner white thread. Underside as in the male.
The wingspan of both males and females ranges from 22 to 30 mm. The male is quite plain on the upperside and is brown, except for two orange tornal spots. The underside is silvery gray with lightly marked lines and speckles. Each hindwing of this butterfly has two tails. The markings of female are similar as the male but the tone is lighter.
Behavioredit
It flies close to the ground and flight similar to much the common white fourring (Ypthima ceylonica). So it can be often mistaken for it.
^ abVarshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 119. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN978-81-929826-4-9.
^ abSavela, Markku. "Hypolycaena nilgirica Moore, [1884]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
^ ab One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain:Swinhoe, Charles (1911–1912). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IX. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 84–85.
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hypolycaena, nilgirica, nilgiri, uncommon, species, lycaenid, blue, butterfly, found, asia, especially, lowland, regions, hills, india, lanka, nilgiri, titventral, viewdorsal, viewscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodacl. Hypolycaena nilgirica the Nilgiri tit 1 2 is an uncommon species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia especially in the lowland regions to mid hills of India and Sri Lanka 2 1 3 Nilgiri titVentral viewDorsal viewScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily LycaenidaeGenus HypolycaenaSpecies H nilgiricaBinomial nameHypolycaena nilgiricaMoore 1884 SynonymsChliaria nilgirica Moore 1884 Contents 1 Description 2 Behavior 3 Food plants 4 See also 5 ReferencesDescription editFor a key to the terms used see Glossary of entomology terms Male Upperside brown Forewing without markings but shading darker at the costa and outer margin Hindwing with the abdominal fold grey with a white cilia a small black spot on the inner side of the anal lobe and a still smaller and indistinct black spot in each of the next two interspaces the two latter capped with dull orange and all three outwardly edged with white tails black tipped and ciliated with white Cilia brown with white tips Underside creamy white markings dull orange Forewing with a thin line at the end of the cell a discal band commencing at the costa with four thin annular marks the first three spots outwardly oblique the fourth straight below the third the band continued in very thin lunules almost straight down to the sub median vein a sub marginal lunular thin line Hindming with a black rather prominent sub basal spot below the costa another somewhat larger outside also below the costa with the discal series running down from it in one disconnected thin line then two annular thin marks in the middle followed by a thin sinuous line which curves in the form of the letter W on to the abdominal margin one fourth above the anal angle a small black anal spot another in the first median interspace both faintly crowned with dull orange and a sub marginal lunular line as in the forewing Antennae black ringed with white club with a dull orange tip head and body above and below concolorous with the wings Female Upperside blackish brown Forewing without markings Hindwing with a small black anal spot a larger black sub terminal spot in each of the next two inter spaces and a small spot in each of the next two the last four prominently capped with white lunules terminal line black with an inner white thread Underside as in the male Charles Swinhoe Lepidoptera Indica Vol IX 3 The wingspan of both males and females ranges from 22 to 30 mm The male is quite plain on the upperside and is brown except for two orange tornal spots The underside is silvery gray with lightly marked lines and speckles Each hindwing of this butterfly has two tails The markings of female are similar as the male but the tone is lighter Behavior editIt flies close to the ground and flight similar to much the common white fourring Ypthima ceylonica So it can be often mistaken for it Food plants editIts larval host plants are orchid species such as Arundina graminifolia Spathoglottis plicata Vanda tesssellata etc See also editList of butterflies of India Lycaenidae References edit a b Varshney R K Smetacek Peter 2015 A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India New Delhi Butterfly Research Centre Bhimtal amp Indinov Publishing New Delhi p 119 doi 10 13140 RG 2 1 3966 2164 ISBN 978 81 929826 4 9 a b Savela Markku Hypolycaena nilgirica Moore 1884 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Retrieved July 2 2018 a b nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Swinhoe Charles 1911 1912 Lepidoptera Indica Vol IX London Lovell Reeve and Co pp 84 85 Wijeyeratne Silva de Gehan 2015 Butterflies amp Dragonflies of Sri Lanka Page 73 nbsp This Theclinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hypolycaena nilgirica amp oldid 1066083020, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
