Monday 24 February 2014

Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Male) - Sikkim Butterfly


  Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Male)

Place : Rongli, East Sikkim

Date: January 6, 2013

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Male)
Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: December 24, 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 upperside hindwing not extending onto the forewing.

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