Malabar Tree-Nymph
Idea malabarica
Malabar tree nymph, is an endemic butterfly of southern Western Ghats. It is a large butterfly belongs to the danaid group often found in forest canopies in India. They are slow fliers, prefers gliding much of the time which gave them name Paperkites. Their chrysalises are patterned with impressive mottled gold coloration.
Paperkites