Dodona eugenes

Punch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Dodona
Species:	D. eugenes
Binomial name
Dodona eugenes (Guerin, 1843)

The Punch (Dodona eugenes) is a small but striking butterfly found in sub-Himalayan South Asia that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the family Riodinidae.

Description

From Bingham, C. T. (1905) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies Vol. 1

Male: Upperside: closely resembles D. dipaea in the ground-colour and markings, but on the hind wing the markings are broader and more diffuse, and the lobe has a short filamentous black white-edged tail. Underside a brighter brown than in D. dipaea; the markings very similar, but twice as broad.

• Expanse: 38-49 mm
• Habitat: The Himalayas from Murree to Bhutan; Assam, the Khasi and Jaintia Hills.
• Larva: More or less onisciform, pale emerald-green with two dorsal blue lines somewhat sparingly covered with short hairs, it Feeds on grasses and hill-bamboo.
• Pupa: pale green, with cross check o£ darker green lines. Head bifid, flat in front and angulated below.

References

• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

See also

• Riodinidae
• List of Butterflies of India
• List of Butterflies of India (Riodinidae)

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