Redspot Jezebel (Delias descombesi ) - Sikkim Butterfly

Redspot Jezebel  (Delias descombesi - female)

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim,

Date: October 18, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Pieridae

Genus:                  Delias

Species:                 D. descombesi

Binomial name:    Delias descombesi  (Boisduval, 1836)

Other Names: Redspot Jezebel

Special feature: The male is white on the upperside while the female is black dusted on the upperside forewings

Nyctemera adversata (Marbled White Moth - Female) - Sikkim Moth

Nyctemera adversata (Marbled White Moth - Female) 

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim,

Date: May 2, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

 

 

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:                Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Arctiidae

Genus:                  Nyctemera

Species:                N. adversata

Binomial name:    Nyctemera adversata, (Schaller, 1788)

Other Names:

Special feature: 

Eudynamys scolopaceus (Asian Koel - Female) - Sikkim Bird

Eudynamys scolopaceus (Asian Koel - Female)

Place : Shantianagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date:April 12,  2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Eudynamys
Species:	E. scolopaceus

Motacilla maderaspatensis (White-browed Wagtail - female) - Sikkim Bird

Motacilla maderaspatensis (White-browed Wagtail - female)

Venue: Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: January 27, 2014

Pic: Santosh Sharma