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.

Rhimphalea sp. - Sikkim Moth

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Clade: Euarthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Crambidae

Genus: Rhimphalea.

Species: Rhimphalea sp. Lederer, 1863

Other Names: 

Special feature:  Rhimphalea is a genus of small moths, which is part of the Crambidae family.

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)