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Butterflies

Malabar
Tree-Nymph

Near Threatened

Decreasing

Malabar Tree-Nymph

Idea malabarica

Malabar tree nymph, is an endemic butterfly of southern Western Ghats. It is a large butterfly belongs to the danaid group often found in forest canopies in India. They are slow fliers, prefers gliding much of the time which gave them name Paperkites. Their chrysalises are patterned with impressive mottled gold coloration.

Paperkites

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Taxanomy

LEPIDOPTERA
NYMPHALIDAE
Idea malabarica

Quick Facts
  • It is a state butterfly of Goa.
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