Cupitha purreea
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Cupitha purreea, commonly known as the Wax Dart, is a butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

Description

Larvae are known to fed on Quisqualis indica
Quisqualis indica
Quisqualis indica also known as the Chinese honeysuckle, Rangoon Creeper, and Combretum indicum is a vine with red flower clusters and is found in Asia. It is found in many other parts of the world either as a cultivated ornamental or run wild...

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Habitat : S. Andamans (Port Blair). Also recorded from Orissa (Taylor), Andamans (Wood-Mason and deNiceville), Nilgiris (Hampson); Sikkim (de Niceville.)
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