| Pasha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Rhopalocera |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Herona |
| Species: | H. marathus |
| Binomial name | |
| Herona marathus (Doubleday, 1848) |
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The Pasha Herona marathus is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in India.
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The adults are dark brown above with two yellow or white discal bands on fore and hind wing. They have a basal streak in vein 1b of forewing. Underside of forewing, in vein 5 with white streak in outer half till termen.
Habits:Fairly common up to 4000 ft (1200 m). in Sikkim-Darjeeling area. Most frequent between 2000-3000 ft (600 - 900 m). It is very fond of over-ripe fruits. Visits damp patches for puddling. According to Haribal (1992), when disturbed sits with head down and wings close to tree trunks and thus perfectly camouflaged. Very difficult to catch/locate in this stage. Haribal (1992) saw it in Chungthang and Mangan area of Sikkim.
Two subspecies are recorded in India:[1]
The nominate subspecies is Not rare (Evans, 1932).