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Sahyadri Rustic

Cupha erymanthis maja

Description:

A beautiful butterfly with shades of brown and beige. An insect of hill country in heavy rainfall regions. Abundant in the hills of South India up to 2300m. Flies close to the ground with weak flight. Both sexes visit flowers like Eupatorium and male occasionally to damp patches. Male flies restlessly through the dense forest and female found inside the forest.

Habitat:

Seen near tea gardens.


2 species ID suggestions

Sahyadri Rustic
Cupha erymanthis maja Sahyadri Rustic
The Rustic
Cupha erymanthis Cupha erymanthis

8 Comments

SatyenM
SatyenM 9 months ago

Thank you Nuwan, Leuba and Jolly. Leuba, it was really beautiful!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 9 months ago

Nice one Satyen

Leuba
Leuba 9 months ago

What a fantastic butterfly - must be lovely in flight -great spotting Satyen !

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 9 months ago

lovely spot !!

SatyenM
SatyenM 9 months ago

Thanks TishannePatterson, but this has already been identified.

SatyenM
SatyenM 9 months ago

Thanks Daniele and Argy.

Argy Bee
Argy Bee 9 months ago

Fantastic insect Satyen.

Kerala, India

Lat: 10.09, Long: 77.06

Spotted on Jul 24, 2012
Submitted on Aug 1, 2012

Reference

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