Herona marathus

Pasha
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)
Synonyms
  • Herona angustata

The Pasha Herona marathus is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in India.

Description

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

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.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recorded in India:[1]

Status

The nominate subspecies is Not rare (Evans, 1932).

Cited references

  1. Evans, W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no F8.1, pp 147

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