Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Euthalia lubentina (Gaudy Baron) - Sikkim Butterfly
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Heteropoda venatoria (Giant Crab Spider) - Sikkim Spider
Friday, 8 July 2022
Epidaus famulus (Assassin Bug) - Sikkim Insect
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
(bugs)
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Epidaus
Species: E.
famulus
Binomial name: Epidaus famulus (Stål,
1863)
Other Names: Assassin Bug
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
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, 14 January 2022
Saturday, 19 June 2021
Tuesday, 6 April 2021
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)