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:  

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.

Junonia almana (Peacock Pansy) - Sikkim Butterfly

Junonia almana (Peacock Pansy)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: February 19, 2013

Pic: Shital Pradhan