The Common Silverline Butterfly (Cigaritis vulcanus) is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.
Common Silverline Butterfly-Cigaritis vulcanus
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Common Line-blue Butterfly
The Common Line-blue (Prosotas nora superdates) is a species of small tailed blue butterfly in the family Lycaenidae (The Gossamer-Winged Butterflies), subfamily Polyommatinae, found in Asia. It has a wingspan of about 20 to 25 mm.
Common Line-blue (Prosotas nora superdates)
Velvet-spotted Blue Butterfly
The Velvet-spotted Blue (Azanus ubaldus) is a small butterfly belongs to the family Lycaenids (Blues family) found in Asia and Africa. It's also know as Bright Babul Blue or Desert Babul Blue.
Velvet-spotted Blue Butterfly
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| Velvet-spotted Blue Mating Pair |
Holly Blue Butterfly
The Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) or Hill Hedge Blue is a butterfly that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family, found in northerrn areas of Pakistan, but occasionally can also be found in plain areas. The underside of the wings are pale blue with black spots. The upperside wings are bright blue. In females, the upperside forewings have black edges, which distinguish it from male.
Holly Blue Butterfly
Striped Pierrot Tarucus nara Life Cycle
The Striped Pierrot (Tarucus nara) is a small butterfly (wingspan: 24 - 28 mm) found in South Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Eggs are laid singly on the young shoots of the host plants Zizyphus sp. It takes 2-3 days for the egg to hatch.
The caterpillars of this species feed on Zizyphus sp. and are attended by ants. The caterpillars occur in two colors i.e pale green and dark green. The caterpillar reach a maximum length of about 14 mm. The larva stage last for about 12 days.
On maturity the caterpillar stops eating and attache itself to a leaf head down, supported by a silken grid at the center. The pupa has a length of about 8-9mm. Like caterpillars the pupa also occur in two colors i.e pale green and dark green. On the 6th day the pupa turns transparent, revealing the new butterfly inside and after some time the adult butterfly enclosed itself. Before flight, the newly emerged butterfly takes some time to inflating its wings with blood and letting them dry.
Striped Pierrot (Tarucus nara) Butterfly Life Cycle
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The caterpillars of this species feed on Zizyphus sp. and are attended by ants. The caterpillars occur in two colors i.e pale green and dark green. The caterpillar reach a maximum length of about 14 mm. The larva stage last for about 12 days.
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On maturity the caterpillar stops eating and attache itself to a leaf head down, supported by a silken grid at the center. The pupa has a length of about 8-9mm. Like caterpillars the pupa also occur in two colors i.e pale green and dark green. On the 6th day the pupa turns transparent, revealing the new butterfly inside and after some time the adult butterfly enclosed itself. Before flight, the newly emerged butterfly takes some time to inflating its wings with blood and letting them dry.
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Long-tailed Blue Butterfly
Long-tailed Blue or Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus) is a small sized butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found in Pakistan. It has a wing span of about 23 to 42 mm. This is a rare species in the plain area of KPK and I observed only two butterflies this autumn for the first time.
Pea Blue Butterfly (Lampides boeticus)
Zebra Blue Butterfly
The Zebra Blue (Leptotes plinius), also known as Plumbago Blue, is small-sized butterfly in family Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged butterflies), found in Pakistan. It has a wingspan of about 28mm (based on single measurement). It's known as "Zebra blue" because its underside has white and brown strips that resemble the zebra strips. The other name "Plumbago Blue" is used because its larva feed on plumbago plant.
Zebra Blue Butterfly (Leptotes plinius) Male
Zebra Blue Butterfly Female
Zebra Blue Butterflies Mating
Sorrel Sapphire Butterfly
The Sorrel Sapphire (Heliophorus sena) is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae (Blues family). It's found in hilly areas of Pakistan and I observed it in districts Buner and Haripur so far.
Sorrel Sapphire Butterfly (Heliophorus sena)
American Copper Butterfly
The American Copper Butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas) also known as Small Copper or the Common Copper is a common and widespread little butterfly in family Lycaenidae. It has a wingspan of about 25-35mm. It's common in northern areas of Pakistan, but occasionally can also seen in plain areas. It's a bright orange upperside forewings with black spots and a dark outside edge border. The upperside hindwings are dark with an orange outside edge border border. The undersides forewings are pale orange with black spots, encircled in yellow and a grey outside edge border. The hindwings are grey with small black dots and an orange border.
American Copper Butterfly
Rounded Pierrot-Tarucus Nara
The Rounded Pierrot (Tarucus nara) also known as Rusty Pierrot or Striped Pierrot is a small butterfly (wingspan: 24 - 28 mm) found in Asia that belongs to the family Lycaenidae (Blues family). The lower side of the wings is white with black spots, strips and border. The upper side is violet blue with narrow black border. They have a short tail on each hind wing.
Rounded Pierrot (Tarucus Nara) Butterfly
Rounded Pierrot (Tarucus Nara) (Open Wings)
Pale Grass Blue Butterfly
The Pale Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha) is a small and common butterfly belongs to the family Lycaenidae (Blues family), subfamily Polyommatinae. It has a wingspan of about 24mm-28mm.
Pale Grass Blue Butterfly (male)
Pale Grass Blue Butterfly (female)
Pale Grass Blue Butterflies (mating couple)
Pale Grass Blue Butterfly Female (open wings)
Pale Grass Blue Butterfly Male (open wings)
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