Marumba dyras ( dull swirled hawkmoth) - Sikkim Moth

Scientific classification

 

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Sphingidae

Genus:                 Marumba

Species:                M. dyras

Binomial name:   Marumba dyras (Walker, 1856)

 

Marumba dyras is a species of hawk moth described by Francis Walker in 1856.

 

Prosotas nora (Common Lineblue) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification 

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Arthropoda

Class:              Insecta

Order:            Lepidoptera

Family:           Lycaenidae

Genus:            Prosotas

Species:           P. Nora

Binomial name: Prosotas nora (Felder, 1860)

Other Names: Common Lineblue

Special feature: The under-surfaces of the wings of both sexes are fawn, with multiple arcs of white dashes, and with a black spot beside the tail of each hind wing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Identified at:

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Hebomoia glaucippe (Great Orange Tip) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:        Animalia

Phylum:           Euarthropoda

Class:               Insecta

Order:              Lepidoptera

Family:            Pieridae

Genus:             Hebomoia

Species:           H. glaucippe

Binomial name: Hebomoia glaucippe (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other Names: Great Orange-Tip

Special feature: The butterfly is yellow/orange and white. This species is found in much of south and Southeast Asia

Delias agostina (Yellow Jezebel) - Sikkkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:              Animalia

Phylum:                 Arthropoda

Class:                     Insecta

Order:                    Lepidoptera

Family:                  Pieridae

Genus:                  Delias

Species:                 D. agostina

Binomial name:    Delias agostina (Hewitson, 1852)

Other Names:

Special feature:  . The butterfly is yellow and white.