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Striated Fivering
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Striated Fivering

Ypthima striata

Ypthima striata, the Nilgiri jewel fourring or striated fivering , is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in south India.

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Description

George Hampson (1889) gives a detailed description as follows:

Ypthima striata, n. sp. Habitat : southern slopes of the Nilgiris, 2000 - 4000 ft. Expanse : 1'5 inches. Wet-season form: Description : Male. Upperside, both wings uniform dark brown. Forewing with a distinct bipupilled black ocellus outlined with yellowish- brown. Hindwing with two ocelli faintly pupilled and with yellow iris, situated between the median nervules. Underside, both wings white with numerous distinct brown striae. Forewing with one bipupilled ocellus larger and brighter than on the upperside; crossed by two brown fascias, one submarginal, one discal, nearly meeting at the hinder angle. Hindwing with a double ocellus on a short brown fascia near the apex, and three linearly disposed towards the anal angle, the one nearest it bipupilled, these three ocelli situated on a brown fascia, and all the ocelli large and distinct; a fascia crossing the wing beyond the cell from the costa to the inner margin, and a less distinct one near the base of the wing. Female; only differs in being rather larger and paler than the male. Male; with no trace of the patch of dense scales on the upperside of the forewing. Dry-season form: Male. Upperside, forewing with a slight patch of dense scales on the median nervure; with a very small and indistinct ocellus. …

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 854812.