Thread by @opsimath6

53. Dug up this old thread, will continue some posts for #TitliTuesday on this to collate pics and info at one place

GREAT MORMON(Papilio memnon)....4 forms of the male and 9 of the female is seen, this is the typical male form 'agenor' , N.E India #Indiaves

53. GREAT MORMON continued... This is the tailed female form 'alcanor', N.E India #Titlituesday @IndiAves

Couple of Rare Nymphalids now

54. Chocolate Jungle Queen ( Stichophthalma nourmahal )Even in a tattered state in the dark underbrush this one was a stunner( Well it does belong to the Morphinae subfamily, same as the stunning new world Morpho butterflies!) #butterfliesofIndia

55. Scarce Red Forester( Lethe distans) Bompu,Eaglenest... again a rare butterfly ,this one from the Indomalayan realm

Another Forester, this one is uncommon not rare...

Rusty Forester (Lethe bhairava) , Sessa Arunachal

57. Next up the state butterfly of my Home state, a Western Ghats endemic, Malabar Banded Peacock (Papilio buddha), Kolathara, Kozhikode... Kehimkar classifies this one as 'rare'... Bit of a record shot but lucky to have even that !

58.White- edged Blue Baron( Euthelia phemius) male and female, from Mawsmai, Meghalaya

There is sexual dimorphism in butterflies (like in this one) and then there are the Mormons!.... group of butterflies including the common and great mormon #TitliTuesday @IndiAves

59. Dark Blue Tiger( Tirumala septentrionis),on an ageratum flower Cherapunjee , Meghalaya

Males of some species of danaids (tiger butterflies) visit plants of the Ageratum genus that have alkaloids required for their 'sexual maturity' #TitliTuesday @IndiAves

60. Western Courtier (Sephisa dichroa), Chak Village, Pithoragarh #TitliTuesday @IndiAves

One last one for the day
61. Common Jester( Symbrenthia lilaea), UN pattern doesn't match other Symbrenthia sp.( Refer No 4.Himalayan 42. Blue Tail and 43.Spotted Jesters above) #TitliTuesday @IndiAves #lepidoptera #Butterflies

Couple of Papilionidae today to add to the thread
62. Common Bluebottle ( Graphium Sarpedon), Bhalukpong ,Arunachal

63. Common Windmill (Byasa polyeuctes), Rupa , Arunachal These group(Byasa) of butterflies are aptly named,they look as if they can harness the power of the wind with the flapping of their ethereal large wings #Butterflies #lepidoptera #TheButterflyeffect

'The butterfly is a flying flower,The flower a tethered butterfly.'.... This could have been said for your typical pansy flower and this next Nymphalidae Butterfly !

64. Blue pansy (Junonia orithiya) , Rupa Arunachal #butterfly #Lepidoptera #TheButterflyeffect

So what is common to the Butterfly kingdom and Game of Thrones?.... No 65 on this list!

Circe( the GoT character draws her name( and traits) from the Greek minor goddess same as the butterfly), Hestina nama is a Batesian mimic of the Danaid butterfly Chestnut Tiger

It is a racial slur in the Human world but in the Lepidopteran world it is a still popular common name for sp.of butterfly
66.Nigger(Orsotriaena medus ) , It is called the Medus Brown in India nowadays
The two subspecies medus &mandata from Kaziranga&Kozhikode respectively

67. Black Prince (Rohana parisatis) male and female ,Sessa Arunchal

68. Sorrel Sapphire(Heliophorus sena)Rupa ,Arunachal.

Had published a paper on range extension of this species which was earlier thought to be a West Himalayan endemic ,11 yrs ago threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT…

#Titlituesday #lepidoptera #ButterfliesofIndia #Lycaenidae @IndiAves

69. Indian Fritillary(Argyreus hyperbius) Female and male Rupa , Arunachal ,male similar to common leopard and female to plain tiger and leopard lacewing..... the pic positioning is coincidental 😬 #ButterfliesofIndia