Athyma perius perius

Athyma perius perius

( Linnaeus) NYMPHALIDAE

(=Pantoporia perius ( Linnaeus))

Adult

Upperside black in male and blackish brown in female. FW with 4 white spots in the cell, a curved discal white band, a line of transverse narrow spots and faint subterminal lunules. HW discal band of HW continues as a broad band at the base, crossed by veins, a post discal band, inwardly margined by a series of black dots. Underside golden or brownish yellow with black-bordered white markings. Post discal band in HW with pale blue inner margin and black spots. Both wings with a prominent terminal narrow black band. Wingspan 60-70mm.

Most widely distributed member of the genus in peninsular India and in the Himalayas from simla eastwards, including the hills of northeast. Found at lower elevations and in open country, near human habitations, flies close to the ground without ever settling except rarely on damp patches. With powerful flight, can go up to 2300m in the hills.

Larva

Dark yellowish green. Head dark brown, round with 8 sharp spines and 10 conical tubercles. Segments 3-13 bear three rows of red pedicelled greenish spines.

Feeds on okra, glochidion lancolarium, g.velutinum etc.

Distribution

India, sri lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan.