Common Tit Butterfly

Description:

The underside of both sexes is pale greyish-brown.The underside hindwing does not have a spot in the basal area.The butterfly has two tails - a 6mm long one and a 5mm long tail . The markings include: a double bar at end-cell. a regular discal line on the forewing. a broken, less regular line on the hindwing. The male butterfly is pale blue to dark brown above, dark shining purple depending on the light. It has a black border with the upper forewing having a large black discal area of modified scales. The female butterfly is dark brown and its hindwing has a white disconnected discal band above the tornus. The butterfly also has a white-edged tornal black spot .

Habitat:

The butterfly is abundant at low elevations. Males are known to cluster at damp patches while the females are rarely seen.