This species resembles Discophora celinde, but in the male the ground colour on the upperside is dark velvety brown without any blue reflections; the forewing is crossed pre-apically by three obliquely-placed, comparatively large, pale-blue spots with an ill-defined series of three or four much smaller subterminal spots; in the female the markings, though similar to those in the female of D. celinde, are on the upperside of the forewing all pale blue, not yellow, and more numerous, larger, and better defined on the upperside of the hindwing. Underside. Male similar to that in male of D. celinde, but a more or less prominent diffuse subterminal band irrorated with lilac scales crosses both forewing and hindwing. Female similar to the female of D. celinde, but much paler.[3][4] Wingspan 80–104 mm.
"Cylindrical or slightly fusiform; bead large; anal segment furnished with two stout conical processes widely separated, but scarcely divergent; colour of head greenish yellow; eyes black; body brown, with a broad pure white dorsal band flanked with conspicuous black marks, and a yellow lateral mark on segments 6 to 11; head and body clothed with long reddish or brown hair." (Davidson, Bell and Aitken)[3]
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"... head-case produced into two long conical adjoined processes, the thorax slightly convex and carinated dorsally, the wing-cases evenly expanded, abdomen strongly curved dorsally; surface finely rugose; colour semi-transparent yellowish, like a clean white bone, with the dorsal line anc the veins of: the wings marked in faint flesh-colour, loosely attached by the tail."[3]
^ abcR.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 160. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN978-81-929826-4-9.
^ abc"Discophora Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ abc One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. pp. 201–202.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Moore, Frederic (1893–1896). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. II. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 190–191.
^Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences. p. Table I.5.
discophora, lepida, southern, duffer, butterfly, found, lanka, south, india, that, belongs, duffers, group, that, morphinae, subfamily, brush, footed, butterflies, family, southern, dufferscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arth. Discophora lepida the southern duffer 1 2 is a butterfly found in Sri Lanka and south India that belongs to the duffers group that is the Morphinae subfamily of the brush footed butterflies family 2 1 Southern dufferScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeGenus DiscophoraSpecies D lepidaBinomial nameDiscophora lepida Moore 1857 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Status 4 Life cycle 4 1 Larva 4 2 Pupa 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksDescription editFor a key to the terms used see Glossary of entomology terms This species resembles Discophora celinde but in the male the ground colour on the upperside is dark velvety brown without any blue reflections the forewing is crossed pre apically by three obliquely placed comparatively large pale blue spots with an ill defined series of three or four much smaller subterminal spots in the female the markings though similar to those in the female of D celinde are on the upperside of the forewing all pale blue not yellow and more numerous larger and better defined on the upperside of the hindwing Underside Male similar to that in male of D celinde but a more or less prominent diffuse subterminal band irrorated with lilac scales crosses both forewing and hindwing Female similar to the female of D celinde but much paler 3 4 Wingspan 80 104 mm nbsp In Thattekad Kerala IndiaDistribution editIt is found in South India and Sri Lanka 2 1 Status editIn 1957 Mark Alexander Wynter Blyth described the species as rare 5 6 Life cycle editLarva edit Cylindrical or slightly fusiform bead large anal segment furnished with two stout conical processes widely separated but scarcely divergent colour of head greenish yellow eyes black body brown with a broad pure white dorsal band flanked with conspicuous black marks and a yellow lateral mark on segments 6 to 11 head and body clothed with long reddish or brown hair Davidson Bell and Aitken 3 Pupa edit head case produced into two long conical adjoined processes the thorax slightly convex and carinated dorsally the wing cases evenly expanded abdomen strongly curved dorsally surface finely rugose colour semi transparent yellowish like a clean white bone with the dorsal line anc the veins of the wings marked in faint flesh colour loosely attached by the tail 3 See also editList of butterflies of India Morphinae References edit a b c R K Varshney Smetacek Peter 2015 A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India New Delhi Butterfly Research Centre Bhimtal amp Indinov Publishing New Delhi p 160 doi 10 13140 RG 2 1 3966 2164 ISBN 978 81 929826 4 9 a b c Discophora Boisduval 1836 at Markku Savela s Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms a b c nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Bingham Charles Thomas 1905 Fauna of British India Butterflies Vol 1 pp 201 202 nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Moore Frederic 1893 1896 Lepidoptera Indica Vol II London Lovell Reeve and Co pp 190 191 Wynter Blyth Mark Alexander 1957 Butterflies of the Indian Region Bombay India Bombay Natural History Society p 136 ISBN 978 8170192329 Gaonkar Harish 1996 Butterflies of the Western Ghats India including Sri Lanka A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System Bangalore India Centre for Ecological Sciences p Table I 5 External links editSri Lanka Wild Life Information Database permanent dead link nbsp This Morphinae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Discophora lepida amp oldid 1049685266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
