Polyura eudamippus (Great nawab) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Nymphalidae

Genus:                  Polyura

Species:                 P. eudamippus

Binomial name:    Polyura eudamippus (Doubleday, 1843)

Other Names:  great nawab

Special feature:   This species can be found in northeastern India (Sikkim, Assam), Bhutan, and Burma, also in China, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Indochina. (Wikipedia)

Polyura athama (Common Nawab) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Nymphalidae

Genus:                  Polyura

Species:                 P. athamas

Binomial name:    Polyura athamas (Drury) 1773

Other Names:  common nawab

Special feature:  

Poritia hewitsoni (Common Gem - male) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Lycaenidae

Genus:                  Poritia

Species:                 P. hewitsoni

Binomial name:    Poritia hewitsoni (Moore, 1865)

Other Names:  Common Gem

Special feature:  The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalaya ecozone extending from Afghanistan through the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to lowland southern China, and through Indonesia as far as Java, Bali, and Borneo, east of which lies the Wallace line, the ecozone boundary named after Alfred Russel Wallace which separates Indomalaya from Australasia. Indomalaya also includes the Philippines, lowland Taiwan, and Japan's Ryukyu Islands. (Wikipedia)

Orange oak-leaf (Kallima inachus) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific Classification

Kingdom:                     Animalia

Phylum:                        Arthropoda

Class:                            Insecta

Order:                           Lepidoptera

Family:                          Nymphalidae

Genus:                           Kallima

Species:                         K. inachus

Binomial name:            Kallima inachus (Doyère, 1840)

Other Names:  Orange oak-leaf or Dead leaf

Special feature:  With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark veins and is a spectacular and commonly cited example of camouflage.

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:  

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.