Monkey Puzzle Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Rathinda amor
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : All types of wildlife habitat
Description : The Monkey Puzzle butterfly is 25 to 30 mm in size. Upperside of both sexes is brown. Hindwings bear two tornal spots and a narrow dark reddish band. Each Hindwings has three tails. The male butterfly has a brownish-black upper side with a violet tint. Its forewing has a white spot past the cell's end, along with two smaller spots in an oblique row. The hindwing features black lunular spots between the tails, topped with orange and a fine blue thread on the outer sides. The tails are black with white tips. Underside is white, sometimes slightly yellowish, with pale chocolate markings. The female is similar to the male but with larger white spots on the upper forewing. Antennae are black with white rings, and the head/body match the wing colors.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Mahathala ameria
(Falcate Oakblue) -
Spalgis epius
(Apefly) -
Zizula hylax
(Tiny Grass Blue) -
Jamides celeno
(Common Cerulean) -
Arhopala amantes
(Large Oakblue) -
Iraota timoleon
(Silverstreak Blue) -
Zeltus amasa
(Fluffy Tit) -
Hypolycaena erylus
(Common Tit) -
Chliaria othona
(Orchid Tit) -
Prosotas nora
(Common Lineblue)
References:
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, indiabiodiversity.org;photo credit:Aniruddha Singhamahapatra(www.inaturalist.org/people/Aniruddha Singhamahapatra),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, indiabiodiversity.org;photo credit:Aniruddha Singhamahapatra(www.inaturalist.org/people/Aniruddha Singhamahapatra),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.