Peacock Pansy…
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Danaid Eggfly – Hypolimnas misippus
Blue Pansy II
Junonia orithya is a nymphalid butterfly with many subspecies occurring from Africa, through southern and south-eastern Asia, and in Australia. In India its common English name is the Blue Pansy, but in southern Africa it is known as the Eyed Pansy as the name Blue Pansy refers to Junonia oenone.
Common Lime butterfly II
Common Leopard
Usually this butterfly sits with its wings open – rare to see the underside of wings
Gray Pansy – Junonia atlites
The Gray Pansy or Grey Pansy (Junonia atlites) is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia.
Photographing Butterflies – A mini HowTo
![Dark Blue Tiger [Explored]](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/4461296349_7465b67828.jpg "Dark Blue Tiger (Tirumala septentrionis)")
Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
The Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) or outside Asia, African Monarch, is a common butterfly which is widespread in Asia and Africa. It belongs to the Danainae (“Milkweed butterflies”) subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.
It is believed to be one of the first butterflies to be used in art. A 3500 year old Egyptian fresco in Luxor features the oldest illustration of this species.
The Plain Tiger can be considered the archetypical danaine of India. Accordingly, this species has been studied with in greater detail than other members of its subfamily occurring in India.
See an earlier post on Striped Tiger (Danaus genutia)
One-spot Grass Yellow Butterfly (Eurema andersonii)
The article on One-spot Grass Yellow on Wikipedia is sadly just a stub – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurema_andersonii. Expand it if you have the knowledge
Striped Tiger (Danaus genutia)
The Common Tiger (Danaus genutia) belongs to the “Crows and Tigers” butterflies, that is, the danainae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family. The butterfly is also called Striped Tiger in India to differentiate it from the equally common Plain Tiger Danaus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_genutia