Scientific name: Vestalis apicalis Selys, 1873
Common name: Black Tipped Forest Glory
Malayalam name: ചുട്ടിച്ചിറകന് തണല്ത്തുമ്പി
Family: Calopterygidae
Place of observation: Thumboor, Kerala
Date of observation: Various
Male
Abdomen: 49-55 mm
Hind wing: 36-39 mm
Female
Abdomen: 46-50 mm
Hind wing: 38-40 mm
Malayalam name: ചുട്ടിച്ചിറകന് തണല്ത്തുമ്പി
Family: Calopterygidae
Place of observation: Thumboor, Kerala
Date of observation: Various
Male
Abdomen: 49-55 mm
Hind wing: 36-39 mm
Female
Abdomen: 46-50 mm
Hind wing: 38-40 mm
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| Female |
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| Mating |
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| Emergence |
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| Larva |
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| Larva |
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| Newly emerged |
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| Newly emerged |
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| Ovipositing |
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| Ovipositing |
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| Vestalis sp., Faces for comparison |
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