| The Brown Awl - Badamia
exclamationis (Fabricius)
Colour : Dark brown
A somewhat common butterfly of 50-55 mm. Upper
surface of wings dark brown with the basal area
paler. Fore wing very long and narrow with slender
whitish, elongated, semi-transparent spots in
the middle area. Generally found in all sorts
of places especially in jungles. Recorded from
Shillong during July.
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The Common
Spotted Flat - Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar)
Colour : Deep brown
A common butterfly of 45-55 mm. The upper surface
of wings dark brown. Fore wing with a band of
more or less connected, semi-transparent white
spots on the middle area and small white spots
towards the tip. Hind wing with a few obscure
yellow spots. Generally found in wet forested
hills. Recorded from Shillong during October.
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The Restricted
Demons - Notocrypta curoifacia (Felder)
Colour : Deep brown
A common butterfly of 38-50 mm. Upper surface
of the fore wing. tip with white dots and with
a white band in the middle area not continuing
with the upper margin. Commonly found in wet
forest regions. Recorded from Lawsohtun and
Shillong during September and October.
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The Small
Banded Swift - Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius)
Colour : Rusty brown
A common butterfly of 32-38 mm. Upper surface
of the wings - dark brown. Spots on the upper
surface of the fore wing often small. Under
surface of the hind wing with very small spots.
Upper surface of the hind wing usually plain
and at times spotted. Recorded from Shillong
during June.
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The
Grass Demons - Udaspes tolus (Cramer)
Colour : Brown
A common butterfly of 40-48 mm. Upper surface
of wings black with large semi-transparent white
spots. Fore wing with a white spot in the middle
area and with many irregular spots towards the
outer margin. Hind wing with a large semi-transparent
white mark in the centre. Generally found in
open regions of hilly jungles. Recorded from
Umran during September.
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