Ixias pyrene (Yellow Orange Tip) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Pieridae

Genus:                  Ixias

Species:                 I. pyrene

Binomial name:    Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus 1764)

Other Names:  Yellow Orange Tip

Special feature:  This species is most common among the genus Ixias. They are ten species in numbers. 

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:  

Euploea core (Common Crow) - Sikkim Butterfly

Euploea core (Common Crow)

Venue: Chisopani, Singtam  East Sikkim

Date: September 20,  2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:                   Animalia

Phylum:                      Arthropoda

Class:                          Insecta

Order:                        Lepidoptera

Superfamily:              Papilionoidea

Family:                       Nymphalidae

Subfamily:                 Danainae

Genus:                        Euploea

Species:                       Euploea core

Binomial name:    Euploea core (Cramer, 1780)

Other Names: Common Indian Crow,

Special feature:  This species has been studied in greater detail than other members of its genus in India.

Anthus hodgsoni (olive-backed pipit) - Sikkim Bird

Anthus hodgsoni (olive-backed pipit)

Venue: Chisopani, Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: November 20, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Chordata

Class:             Aves

Order:            Passeriformes

Family:           Motacillidae

Genus:            Anthus

Species:           A. hodgsoni

Binomial name: Anthus hodgsoni (Richmond, 1907)

Other Names:  Olive-backed pipit, Indian pipit or Hodgson's pipit,

Special feature:  The scientific name of this bird commemorates the British ornithologist Brian Houghton Hodgson. (Source: Wikipedia)

Redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe) - Sikkim Butterfly

Redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe)

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim,

Date: October 18, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:                Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                   Lepidoptera

Family:                  Pieridae

Genus:                   Delias

Species:                  D. pasithoe

Binomial name:    Delias pasithoe (Linnaeus, 1767)

Other Names: Redbase Jezebel

Special feature: The species is found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia.