Common Imperial (Cheritra freja) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Order:             Lepidoptera

Family:           Lycaenidae

Genus:            Cheritra

Species:           C. freja

Binomial name : Cheritra freja (Fabricius 1793)

Other Names:  Common Imperial

Special feature: Cheritra freja belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies’ family (Lycaenidae).

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.

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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)