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697:- green onisciform (woodlouse-shaped) larvae with red dorsal band and three red rippled lines on each side. The caterpillar's head is concealed and its body is covered with minute bristles. Distinct short protuberances extend from the anal segment. It feeds on the flowers of the orchid.
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Lycaenidae (Kehimkar, 2008). This butterfly is fairly common in northern India, but was reported to be very rare in southern India. In India,
703:- smooth and greenish grey, resembles those of other Lycaenidae species. It has a few white markings, with a distinctly wavy pattern on the wing covers. It is found fastened along the stem of the orchids.
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712:Orchidaceae
695:Caterpillar
620:, northern
412:Merudemilli
317:Description
302:Eliot, 1980
266:Druce, 1895
197:Hypolycaena
107:Lepidoptera
35:Orchid tit
1484:Categories
1167:2016-10-15
1153:References
772:Lycaenidae
724:Dendrobium
690:Life cycle
602:Bangladesh
482:Thattekkad
241:Subspecies
218:orchid tit
117:Lycaenidae
87:Arthropoda
1412:Q26844315
939:26 August
844:April 19,
684:epiphytic
655:and onto
580:Similipal
454:Ponkunnam
398:Jairampur
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277:– Vietnam
135:Species:
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67:Eukaryota
1490:Chliaria
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766:See also
718:Arundina
614:Thailand
595:in India
538:Guwahati
348:—
268:– Borneo
222:lycaenid
189:Hewitson
176:Synonyms
167:Hewitson
128:Chliaria
113:Family:
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77:Animalia
63:Domain:
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1372:1113180
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879:July 1,
657:Myanmar
645:Garhwal
622:Vietnam
610:Myanmar
496:Mercara
426:Ponmudi
169:, 1865)
123:Genus:
103:Order:
97:Insecta
93:Class:
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678:Habits
670:Status
664:Sikkim
653:Bengal
634:Taiwan
552:Jorhat
468:Bhadra
286:– Java
216:, the
199:othona
191:, 1865
1341:IRMNG
1294:5XX5J
994:(PDF)
649:Assam
606:India
566:Manas
524:Sirsi
510:Sagar
249:are-
1436:GBIF
1367:NCBI
1315:GBIF
1276:BOLD
1215:ISBN
1105:ISBN
1015:ISBN
941:2017
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