This is one of the most abundant family of butterfly with more than 5000 species of Nymphallidae spread all over the globe. The bright colouration of the upperside of the wings makes the butterfly very attractive where as the underside of the wings of butterflies of this family is generally dull. They are usually mediu m to large in size.

Due to the small size of the first pair of legs, this butterfly family is also called Four-footed of Brush-footed butterfly.

We captured in our camera the following species of butterflies of this family:

• The Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) Read More
• The Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus) Read more
• The Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) Read more
• The Stripped Tiger (Danaus genutia) Read More
• The Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace) Read more
• The Common Crow (Euploea core) Read More
• The Common Castor (Ariadne merione) Read More
• The Common Sailer (Neptis hylas) Read More
• The Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda) Read More
• The Common Baron (Euthalia aconthea) Read More
• The Common Fivering (Ypthima baldus) Read More
• The Lemon Pansy (Junonia lemonias) Read More
• The Chocolate Pansy (Junonia iphita) Read More
• The Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) Read More

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We managed to capture in our camera a few butterflies of this family and shall be focusing on them. The detailed study of this family is available at Wikipedia.