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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Symphaedra nais, also known as the baronet,[3] is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia.[2][3] It was formerly included in the genus Euthalia but it is a sister to members of the genus Bassarona.[4]
| Baronet | |
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| upper side | |
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| underside | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Symphaedra Hübner, 1819[1] |
| Species: | S. nais |
| Binomial name | |
| Symphaedra nais | |
| Synonyms | |
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Symphaedra alcandra | |
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The male and the female both have tawny-yellow uppersides. The forewing has a traverse black line below apex cell and an oval spot beyond encircling a small yellow spot, a broad short oblique discal bar and an angulated postdiscal lunular band the costa narrowly and the termen shaded with black. Hindwing: a comparatively large triangular patch below the middle of the costa, a postdiscal evenly curved series of spots and a broad band along the termen black. Underside dark ochraceous red. Forewing: the base shaded with fuscous black, two spots at base of cell and a transverse line beyond crimson pink, edged with black: a very broad oblique discal band, angulated downwards below vein 4, bordered posteriorly by a large black spot on the inner side and outwardly and anteriorly by an oblique broad black band, followed by four anterior obliquely placed ochraceous-white spots, and beyond by a very narrow lunular black band bent downwards below vein 6. Hindwing: a crimson short line at extreme base, two crimson black-bordered spots in cell: a comparatively broad transverse discal white band often broken up into a large spot below middle of costa, with two or three spots in line below it; finally, a postdiscal series of small black spots. Antennae are black, bright ochraceous at apex; head, thorax and abdomen tawny red above, brown shaded with crimson-pink below.[5][6]
It is widely found in India and Sri Lanka. In India its distribution ranges from lower Himalayas to southern India[5]
The larva is light green with the purple spots on the dorsal. The sides of the larva contain row of ten horizontal spines covered with fine green hair.[5]
The pupa is short broad and triangular. It is green and has gold spots and lines.[5]
The larvae are known to breed on Shorea robusta and Diospyros melanoxylon.[7]
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