Thursday, 7 July 2022

Papilio clytia (common mime) - Sikkim Butterfly





Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                 Lepidoptera

Family:               Papilionidae

Genus:                 Papilo

Species:                P. clytia

Binomial name:  Papilo  clytia Linnaeus (1758)

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Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Argiope anasuja (Signature Spider) - Sikkim Spider

 

Place: Chisopani, Singtam (05.07.22)



Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Arthropoda

Class:              Arachnida

Order:            Araneae

Family:           Araneidae

Genus:            Argiope

Species:           A. brought

 

Binomial name:  Argiope brought Thorell, (1887)

Other Names: Signature Spider

Place: Chisopani, Singtam (05.07.22)

Friday, 1 July 2022

Moulting in cockroach

 


In order to grow, cockroaches like many other arthropods shed their old skin. This moulting process helps the insects to grow. This photograph was taken in Shantinagar, Singtam by Arpan Pradhan.

Friday, 30 October 2020

Mooreana trichoneura (Yellow Flat) - Sikkim Butterfly

 

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Hesperiidae

Genus:                 Mooreana

Species:                M. trichoneura

Binomial name:  Mooreana trichoneura (C. & R. Felder, 1860)

Friday, 18 September 2020

Ambulyx sericeipennis (common gliding hawkmoth) - Sikkim Moth


 

Scientific classification

 

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Sphingidae

Genus:                 Ambulyx

Species:                A. sericeipennis

Binomial name:  Ambulyx sericeipennis (Butler, 1875)

Ourapteryx clara (Geometrid Swallowtail Moth) Sikkim Moth


 

Scientific classification

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Geometridae

Genus:                 Ourapteryx

Species:                O.clara

Binomial name:  Ourapteryx clara (Leach, 1814)