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.

Ixias pyrene (Yellow Orange Tip) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Pieridae

Genus:                  Ixias

Species:                 I. pyrene

Binomial name:    Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus 1764)

Other Names:  Yellow Orange Tip

Special feature:  This species is most common among the genus Ixias. They are ten species in numbers. 

Papilio memnon (Great Mormon) - Sikkim Butterfly

Place: Rongli, East Sikkim (March 8, 2015) Pic: Shital Pradhan

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                 Lepidoptera

Family:               Papilionidae

Genus:                 Papilio

Species:                P. memnon

Binomial name:  Papilio memnon Linnaeus (1758)

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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.

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:  

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.

Mycalesis perseus (Common Bushbrown) - Sikkim Butterfly

Mycalesis perseus (Common Bushbrown)

Venue: Dalapchand, Rongli, East Sikkim

Date: September 24, 2012

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:                   Animalia

Phylum:                      Arthropoda

Class:                          Insecta

Order:                        Lepidoptera

Superfamily:              Papilionoidea

Family:                       Nymphalidae

Subfamily:                 Satyrinae

Genus:                        Mycalesis

Species:                       Mycalesis perseus

Binomial name:    Mycalesis perseus (Fabricius, 1775)

Other Names: Dingy Bushbrown or Common Bushbrown

Special feature: