Showing posts with label female. Show all posts
Showing posts with label female. Show all posts

Saturday 18 October 2014

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

Friday 2 May 2014

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: 

Friday 25 April 2014

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