Travancore evening brown (Parantirrhoea marshalli)
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Description – Travancore evening brown
The triangular forewings of the male of this butterfly species are fringed with long, raised scales which are dark chocolate brown and like satin in texture. The centre of the wings are dark brownish-grey with flecks of deep violet and a pale violet crescent-shaped band, crossed by three small white spots. The hind wings are tailed and the undersides of both wings are pale brown with deeper brown speckling (3). Females are less conspicuous, with cream wings, speckled slightly with brown. The white spots and purple crescents are still visible but less obvious than in the male, and the wings have darker edges. The body is pale in both sexes (1). The larva of the Travencore evening brown is roughly spindle-shaped and about five centimetres long. The pale yellow-green head is shaped like a rounded triangle and the bright green body ends in a conical tail. The body bears a pair of fluorescent yellowish stripes that run along the body from the top of the head to the tail. There are also three faint greenish-yellow longitudinal stripes on each side, aligned parallel to the top most ones (4)
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