Description

• Common Name : Ciliate Blue
• Scientific Name : Anthene emolus (Godart)
• Family : LYCAENIDAE
• Wingspan : 28-30mm
• Colour : Upperside dark blue, Underside pale brown with many white bands.
• Habit : Fond of visiting flowers for nectar, also found to visit damp patches & droppings. Found in good numbers during post-monsoon period.
• Larval Host Plants : Acacia torta, Acacia catechu, Pithecellobium dulce etc.
• Location : Throughout West Bengal