Thursday 25 December 2014

Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Female) - Sikkim Butterfly

Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Female)

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: November 7, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

 
Scientific classification
Kingdom:             Animalia
Phylum:               Arthropoda
Class:                    Insecta
Order:                  Lepidoptera
Family:                 Nymphalidae
Genus:                  Tanaecia
Species:                 T. julii
Binomial name:    Tanaecia julii
Other Names:  Common Earl
Special feature:  This butterfly is brown in colour with its peculiar blue-edged lower wings. The male is easily identified by having the blue band of the upper-side hind wing not extending onto the fore wing.

Wednesday 24 December 2014

Enicurus scouleri (little forktail) - Sikkim Bird





Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia
Phylum:          Chordata
Class:             Aves
Order:            Passeriformes
Family:           Muscicapidae
Genus:            Enicurus
Species:           E. scouleri
Binomial name: Enicurus scouleri Vigors, 1832

Other Names:  little forktail

Special feature:  

Thursday 18 December 2014

Fagopyrum tataricum (Tartary buckwheat) - Sikkim flora





Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Plantae
Phylum:          Angiosperms
Order:                        Caryophyllales
Family:           Polygonaceae
Subfamily:     Epidendroideae
Genus:            Fagopyrum
Species:           F. tataricum

Binomial name: Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn

Other Names:  duckwheat, India buckwheat, India wheat, green buckwheat or bitter buckwheat

Special feature: Tartary buckwheat is bitterer, but contains more rutin than common buckwheat. It also contains quercitrin.

Tartar buckwheat was domesticated in east Asia, and is also cultivated in Europe and North America. While it is an unfamiliar food in the West, it is still eaten in the Himalayan region today. (Source: Wikipedia)

Friday 12 December 2014

Euploea mulciber (Striped Blue Crow) - Sikkim Butterfly








Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia
Phylum:               Arthropoda
Class:                    Insecta
Order:                  Lepidoptera
Family:                 Nymphalidae
Genus:                  Euploea
Species:                 E. mulciber

Binomial name:    Euploea mulciber (Cramer, 1777)

Other Names:  Striped Blue Crow

Special feature:  

Symbrenthia lilaea (Common Jester) - Sikkim Butterfly

Symbrenthia lilaea (Common Jester)
Venue: Chisopani, Singtam  East Sikkim
Date: November 29,  2013
Pic: Shital Pradhan





Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia
Phylum:               Arthropoda
Class:                    Insecta
Order:                  Lepidoptera
Family:                 Nymphalidae
Genus:                  Symbrenthia
Species:                 S. lilaea

Binomial name:    Symbrenthia lilaea (Hewitson, 1864)

Other Names: Common Jester

Special feature: