Western Ghats in south India, and especially the green plains and hills of Kerala, is home to as many as 300 species of butterflies. Not surprisingly, this region is the paradise for butterfly enthusiasts. A digital album of the available butterflies is being attempted to serve as a repository of the biodiversity.
        Copying is permitted, with due acknowledgement of the source as www.utopianres.com. All butterflies photographed and edited by Dr.A.M.Ranjith. Each filename indicates the common name and scientific name of the butterfly.
        You may also note that the males and females of many butterflies look entirely different so that they are confused as two different species. The under and upper surface is also strikingly different in many types. The dead leaf butterfly and the great orange tip, have the under surface just resembling leaves while they rest. The unsuspecting nature lover would just get confused when he goes near a group of these resting butterflies. They all fly off and there is a riot of colour flying. Great are the ways of nature.

The sizes of butterflies  are arranged to fit the window. It is not related to natural size.

Dr. George Mathew, the expert in butterfly parks from the Kerala Forest Research Institute, is the honorary consultant for the butterfly gallery. The site shows the butterfly biodiversity of the western ghats, collected from around peechi reserve forest.