Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1010-1011

Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)

Small Cupid

Figure 8C

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Similar to Chilades pandava but with only three spots near under hindwing base. Upper black spot prominent and slightly larger than lower spot at lower tip on under hindwing.