Mating pair of Lemon Pansy (Presis lemonias) butterflies in Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra. Nymphalidae
It is the most common of the six Pansies in India. It is a very bold butterfly with strong territorial and aggressive behaviour. It flies quickly and strongly but with less fluttering of wings. It generally rests on the ground but not so frequently as the other Pansies and visits damp patches more often than the others of the genus. It is more abundant in forests and distributed throughout South and Central India, upto South Gujrat in the west and West Bengal in the east. In The Himalayas, it can be seen upto 2700m from Kashmir Upto Assam. Besides Aztec Marigold, it visits flowers of Lantana, Bachelor's Button, Lindley Butterflybush, Ceylon Carissa, Coreopsis tinctoria, etc.
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Location: Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India
Photo credit: © Kedar Gore / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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