https://thepiedpieper.github.io/tags/monsoon-butterfly-insects/ Hi! I am Adrika, a second year undergrad at IISER Kolkata. I like long hikes, birdwatching, reading, and cooking. Have a nice day! Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 13 Jan 2024 09:19:01 +0530 https://thepiedpieper.github.io/biology/insects/butterflies/the-plains-cupid/ Sat, 13 Jan 2024 09:19:01 +0530 https://thepiedpieper.github.io/biology/insects/butterflies/the-plains-cupid/ Subject - The Plains Cupid (Luthrodes pandava) Long afternoon walks are the best thing to happen to raccoon-eyed college students who have taken to living in the library. Especially if you are intercepted by these pretty sights; they flit about in the bushes, and dance nimbly on the slender stalks of coatbuttons, and overall, make a torrid summer more bearable. A male wet season brood These butterflies belong to the Lycaenidae family (tribe Polyommatini) of butterflies, (the second-largest family of butterflies behind Nymphalidae, or the brush footed butterflies), whose members are called gossamer-winged butterflies.