Showing posts with label Nymphalidae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nymphalidae. Show all posts

Tuesday 2 August 2022

Euthalia lubentina (Gaudy Baron) - Sikkim Butterfly


 

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia
Phylum:          Arthropoda
Class:              Insecta
Order:            Lepidoptera
Family:           Nymphalidae
Genus:            Euthalia
Species:          E. Lubentina

Binomial name: Euthalia Lubentina (Crammer, 1777)

Other Names: Banded Treebrown

Wednesday 22 May 2019

Junonia orithya (Blue Pansy) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific Classification

Kingdom:        Animalia
Phylum:          Arthopoda
Class:              Insecta
Order:             Lepidoptera
Family:           Nymphalidae
Genus:            Junonia.
Species:          Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other Names: Its common English name is the Blue Pansy. In Southern Africa it is known as the Eyed Pansy. In Australia, this butterfly is known as the Blue Argus


Wednesday 23 December 2015

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:  

Wednesday 23 September 2015

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.

Thursday 25 December 2014

Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Female) - Sikkim Butterfly

Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Female)

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: November 7, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

 
Scientific classification
Kingdom:             Animalia
Phylum:               Arthropoda
Class:                    Insecta
Order:                  Lepidoptera
Family:                 Nymphalidae
Genus:                  Tanaecia
Species:                 T. julii
Binomial name:    Tanaecia julii
Other Names:  Common Earl
Special feature:  This butterfly is brown in colour with its peculiar blue-edged lower wings. The male is easily identified by having the blue band of the upper-side hind wing not extending onto the fore wing.

Friday 12 December 2014

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: