Description

• Common Name : Quaker
• Scientific Name : Neopithecops zalmora (Fruhstorfer)
• Family : LYCAENIDAE
• Wingspan : 20-30mm
• Colour : Upperside dark brown, with variable white patch on the disc, a prominent black spot on underside of hind wings.
• Habit : A butterfly of forested regions, flies fast and very close to ground; settles down often on the ground, leaves or on flowers. Males come to damp patches.
• Larval Host Plants : Glycosmis pentaphylla.
• Location : Throughout West Bengal

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