Tirumala limniace (Cramer, 1775)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1001

Tirumala limniace (Cramer, 1775)

Blue Tiger

Figure 4H

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-03, T-07 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Pale-blue streaks and spots against black or brown background; underside hindwing with pale or white cell, with thin black narrow forked streak in the middle; males smaller than females; characteristic flat pendulous pouch near the cell of the hindwing, which contains scent scales.