Tricolour Pied Flat (Blogpost 1)
Tricolour Pied Flat (Coladenia indrani)
Clicked at Nagla Block, Mumbai.
The Tricolour Pied Flat is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Distribution: Found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar.
Identification: The upperside of the butterfly is bright golden-yellow forewing with a discal series of four semi-transparent white black-bordered spots, the first small and above the extremity of the cell, the second large quadrate and within the cell, the third elongate and beneath the latter, the fourth exterior to their juncture
Underside blackish-brown suffused with golden-yellow, brightest on the hindwing: markings as above but more clearly defined.
Importance of Butterflies:
Butterflies act as pollinators. When they feed on nectar of the flowers their bodies collect the pollens from these flowers. These pollens are then carried to other plants which helps to produce new seeds. Majority of the plants in nature needs pollinators like butterflies to reproduce.
Butterflies helps to maintain the food chain of the environment. Birds, lizards and spiders feeds on butterflies, if butterflies becomes extinct the food chain will be affected.
Underside blackish-brown suffused with golden-yellow, brightest on the hindwing: markings as above but more clearly defined.
Importance of Butterflies:
Butterflies act as pollinators. When they feed on nectar of the flowers their bodies collect the pollens from these flowers. These pollens are then carried to other plants which helps to produce new seeds. Majority of the plants in nature needs pollinators like butterflies to reproduce.
Butterflies helps to maintain the food chain of the environment. Birds, lizards and spiders feeds on butterflies, if butterflies becomes extinct the food chain will be affected.
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