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Scientific Name : Chilades lajus
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Shrubs
Description : The wet-season male butterfly has bluish-purple uppersides on its wings with specific pale blue flushes and dark brown lines. The hindwing has a dusky black costa and white cilia with a brown line. The undersides are grey with dark brown spots and lines, bordered by white.
The wet-season female butterfly is dark brown with bright iridescent blue on the wings, which doesn't extend to the costa, termen, or dorsum. The hindwing may have whitish lunules and a subterminal series of black spots. The undersides are similar to the male.
The dry-season form closely resembles the wet-season form but has a somewhat paler ground color on the uppersides and a large nebulous brown patch on the hindwing underside. In some cases, the underside ground color can be very pale, almost white, especially in females.
The wet-season female butterfly is dark brown with bright iridescent blue on the wings, which doesn't extend to the costa, termen, or dorsum. The hindwing may have whitish lunules and a subterminal series of black spots. The undersides are similar to the male.
The dry-season form closely resembles the wet-season form but has a somewhat paler ground color on the uppersides and a large nebulous brown patch on the hindwing underside. In some cases, the underside ground color can be very pale, almost white, especially in females.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Catapaecilma major
(Common Tinsel) -
Cigaritis ictis
(Shot Silverline) -
Spindasis vulcanus
(Common Silverline) -
Rapala dieneces
(Scarlet Flash) -
Cheritra freja
(Common Imperial) -
Euchrysops cnejus
(Gram Blue) -
Chliaria othona
(Orchid Tit) -
Catochrysops strabo
(Forget Me Not) -
Talicada nyseus
(Red Pierrot) -
Cigaritis lohita
(Long-banded Silverline)
References:
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, www.dilmahconservation.org;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, www.dilmahconservation.org;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.