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:  

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: