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Spalgis epius

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slender, short, sinuous, transverse, dark brown strigae which are outwardly slenderly edged with brownish white of a shade paler than that of the ground colour; both wings with an anteciliary dark brown line with on the inner side a similar edging. Forewing, in addition, with an oval white spot beyond the cell. Cilia of both forewings and hindwings of the same shade as the ground colour of the wings. Antenna, head, thorax and abdomen pale brown, club of antennae ochraceous at apex; beneath: the palpi and thorax brownish grey, abdomen pale brown.
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Upperside: dull brown, slightly darker towards the apex of the forewing; also a more or less quadrate whitish spot beyond the apex of the cell on the same wing; in some specimens this spot is slightly diffuse. Underside: pale, silky, brownish white; forewings and hindwings crossed by numerous, very
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Upperside: slightly paler brown. Forewing: the cell and apex darker; a white spot similar to that in the male but larger, beyond the apex of the cell; in most specimens extended diffusely outwards and downwards. Hindwing: similar to that of the male. Underside: precisely as in the male.
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The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus
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Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System
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family. It gets its name from the supposed resemblance of its pupa to the face of an
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The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Butterflies Volume II
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The caterpillars of this butterfly, like other members of the subfamily
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Venkatesha, M. G.; Shashikumar, L. & Gayathri Devi, S. S. (2004).
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The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History
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A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines
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K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). 507:(Kai, Buru, Ambon, Halmahera, West Irian) 829:The Identification of Indian Butterflies 552: 344: 799:(2): 245–246. – via Internet Archive. 753:(Westwood) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)" 645: 643: 627:Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms 617:Savela, Markku (September 25, 2016). 7: 785:"Why is homopterophagous butterfly, 733:10.11609/jott.3104.10.4.11495-11550 14: 525:(southern to central Philippines) 888:Butterflies of the Indian Region 683: 649: 489:(Sumatra, Nias, possibly Borneo) 451:. The species unlike many other 430:Freshly eclosed apefly butterfly 423: 411: 399: 387: 371: 359: 347: 65: 864:Butterflies of Peninsular India 831:(2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: 366:Apefly first-instar caterpillar 893:Bombay Natural History Society 833:Bombay Natural History Society 700:Lepidoptera Indica: Volume VII 1: 1082:Butterflies described in 1851 516:(northern Philippines, Luzon) 883:Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander 766:(5): 571–572. Archived from 861:Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). 1123: 783:Venkatesha, M. G. (2005). 720:Journal of Threatened Taxa 594:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164 193: 186: 167: 160: 62:Scientific classification 60: 51: 42: 37: 28: 23: 1107:Butterflies of Indochina 1097:Butterflies of Singapore 671:Taylor and Francis, Ltd. 498:(Andamans, Pulau Tioman) 406:Final-instar caterpillar 394:Third-instar caterpillar 295:, is a small species of 291:, commonly known as the 852:Haribal, Meena (1992). 565:Westwood, John Obadiah 1102:Butterflies of Borneo 443:and are predators of 453:lycaenid butterflies 303:that belongs to the 16:Species of butterfly 1092:Butterflies of Asia 726:(4): 11495–11550. 305:lycaenids or blues 1069: 1068: 945:Taxon identifiers 891:. 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H. 796: 792: 786: 779: 768:the original 763: 759: 750: 742: 723: 719: 709: 699: 679: 673:p. 311. 665: 630:. Retrieved 626: 620: 612: 585: 579: 569: 555: 538:S. e. titius 537: 528: 523:Semper, 1889 519: 510: 505:Felder, 1860 501: 492: 483: 475:S. e. dilama 474: 468: 434: 336: 332: 323: 292: 287: 286: 285: 277:Felder, 1860 273: 266:Lucia dilama 265: 257: 249: 245:Semper, 1889 241: 233: 225: 217: 209: 204: 196: 170: 168: 152: 151: 139: 18: 1028:iNaturalist 977:Wikispecies 632:January 15, 469:S. e. epeus 382:caterpillar 354:Mating Pair 315:Description 269:Moore, 1878 221:Kheil, 1884 205:Lucia epius 119:Lepidoptera 52:Underside, 1076:Categories 818:References 669:. London: 534:(Sulawesi) 463:Subspecies 341:Life cycle 200:Westwood, 129:Lycaenidae 99:Arthropoda 38:Upperside 1087:Miletinae 449:mealybugs 437:Miletinae 297:butterfly 147:Species: 85:Kingdom: 79:Eukaryota 991:BioLib: 968:Q7573002 962:Wikidata 885:(1957). 843:(1996). 827:(1932). 806:See also 663:(1907). 567:(1851). 480:(Taiwan) 188:Synonyms 179:Westwood 125:Family: 95:Phylum: 89:Animalia 75:Domain: 56:, India 1020:7346430 921:Spalgis 919:"Genus 496:Moore, 455:is not 213:Moore, 181:, 1851) 140:Spalgis 135:Genus: 115:Order: 109:Insecta 105:Class: 24:Apefly 1059:234179 1046:124398 1033:144190 1007:296332 994:627208 899:  871:  692:: 658:: 600:  439:, are 380:instar 329:Female 293:apefly 54:Kerala 771:(PDF) 756:(PDF) 447:like 1041:NCBI 1015:GBIF 1002:BOLD 897:ISBN 869:ISBN 634:2020 598:ISBN 418:Pupa 320:Male 728:doi 590:doi 309:ape 1078:: 1056:: 1043:: 1030:: 1017:: 1004:: 979:: 964:: 925:. 895:. 797:89 795:. 791:. 764:87 762:. 758:. 724:10 722:. 718:. 642:^ 625:. 596:. 563:; 311:. 923:" 905:. 877:. 835:. 736:. 730:: 636:. 619:" 606:. 592:: 177:(

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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lycaenidae
Spalgis
Binomial name
Westwood
Synonyms
butterfly
Indomalayan realm
lycaenids or blues
ape
Mating Pair
Apefly first-instar caterpillar
Apefly second-instar caterpillar
instar
Third-instar caterpillar
Final-instar caterpillar
Pupa
Freshly eclosed apefly butterfly
Miletinae
entomophagous
scale insects

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