List of Butterflies observed in IIT Gandhinagar campus. India. Locally Uncommon Entire Gujarat 45-55

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1 List of Butterflies observed in IIT Gandhinagar campus Sr. No. Insect name 1 Plain Tiger Butterfly - Danaus chrysippus 2 Painted lady butterfly - Vanessa cardui 3 Joker butterfly - Byblia ilithyia (Drury) 4 Danaid Eggfly Butterfly - Hypolimnas misippus 5 Tailed Jay - Graphium agamemnon 6 Common Emigrant Butterfly - Catopsilia crocale (Cramer) 7 Mottled Emigrant Butterfly - Catopsilia pyranthe 8 Pioneer Butterfly - Belenois aurota 9 Peacock Pansy - Junonia almana 10 Blue Pansy - Junonia orithya 11 Small or Little orange tip - Colotis etrida (Biosduval) Status in India Local status within Gujarat Distribution within Gujarat Size (mm) Common Common Entire Gujarat Common Rare Entire Gujarat Locally Uncommon Entire Gujarat common Common Common Entire Gujarat Common Common Entire Gujarat except Kachchh Common Common Entire Gujarat Common Common Entire Gujarat Common Common Entire Gujarat Common Uncommon Entire Gujarat Common Common Entire Gujarat Common Common Entire Gujarat Common Grass Yellow - Eurema Common Common Entire Gujarat hecabe 13 Large salmon Arab - Colotis fausta Not Rare Uncommon Entire Gujarat (Olivier) 14 White Arab - Colotis vestalis (Butler) Common Common Entire Gujarat Lesser Grass blue - Zizina otis Common Common South & Central Gujarat, Saurashtra 16 Forget-me-not - Catochrysops strabo Common Uncommon Entire Gujarat Striped Pierrot - Tarucus nara Not rare Rare Central Gujarat, (Kollar) 18 Grass jewels - Chilades trochylus (Freyer) Locally common Common Saurashtra South, Central Gujarat and Surashtra Reference: Parasharya B. M. and Jani J. J., Butterflies of Gujarat. Anand Agriculture University, Anand, India Kehimkar I., The book of Indian Butterflies ISBN (13) : , BNHS, Mumbai, India 17-25

2 Photographs of Some Butterflies Encountered on IIT Campus Gandhinagar Common Name: Plain Tiger Scientific name: Danaus chrysippus Size: mm Common Name: Painted lady Scientific name: Vanessa cardui Local status within Gujarat: Rare Size: mm Common Name: Joker Scientific name: Byblia ilithyia (Drury) Status in India: Locally Common Local status within Gujarat: Uncommon Size: mm

3 Common Name: Danaid Eggfly Scientific name: Hypolimnas misippus Size: mm Common Name: Common Emigrant Scientific name: Catopsilia crocale (Cramer) Size: mm Common Name: Pioneer Scientific name: Belenois aurota Size: mm

4 Common Name: Peacock Pansy Scientific name: Junonia almana ) Local status within Gujarat: UnCommon Size: mm Common Name: Small / Little orange tip Scientific name: Colotis etrida (Biosduval) Size: mm Common Name: Large salmon Arab Scientific name: Colotis fausta (Olivier) Status in India: Not Rare Local status within Gujarat: Uncommon Size: mm

5 Common Name: Common Grass Yellow Scientific name: Eurema hecabe Size: mm Common Name: Lesser Grass Blue Scientific name: Zizina otis Distribution in Gujarat: South & Central Gujarat, Saurashtra Size: mm Common Name: Striped Pierrot Scientific name: Tarucus nara (Kollar) Status in India: Not rare Local status within Gujarat: Rare Distribution in Gujarat: Central Gujarat, Saurashtra Size: mm

6 Common Name: Forget-me-not Scientific name: Catochrysops strabo Local status within Gujarat: Uncommon Size: mm