Anthus hodgsoni (olive-backed pipit) - Sikkim Bird

Anthus hodgsoni (olive-backed pipit)

Venue: Chisopani, Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: November 20, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Chordata

Class:             Aves

Order:            Passeriformes

Family:           Motacillidae

Genus:            Anthus

Species:           A. hodgsoni

Binomial name: Anthus hodgsoni (Richmond, 1907)

Other Names:  Olive-backed pipit, Indian pipit or Hodgson's pipit,

Special feature:  The scientific name of this bird commemorates the British ornithologist Brian Houghton Hodgson. (Source: Wikipedia)

Hestina nama (Circe) - Sikkim Butterfly

Hestina nama  (Circe)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: November 14,  2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Hestina nama  (Circe)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: November 14,  2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Nymphalidae

Sub-Family:         Apaturinae

Genus:                  Hestina

Species:                 H. nama

Binomial name:    Hestina nama (Westwood, 1850)

Other Names: Circe

Special feature:  The genus Hestina consists of 11 species including several which were formerly included in Diagora or Diadema. Most are Batesian mimics of toxic Danaines - Hestina nama for example is a mimic of the Chocolate Tiger Parantica sita. (http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/)

Morning glory (Ipomoea nil) - Sikkim Flora

  Morning glory (Ipomoea nil)

Place : Gangtok, East Sikkim
Date: November 25,  2011
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Plantae

Phylum:          Angiosperms

Class:             

Order:             Solanales

Family:           Convolvulaceae

Genus:            Ipomoea

Species:           I. nil

Binomial name: Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth

Other Names:  Morning glory

Euthalia phemius (White-Edged Blue Baron) - Sikkim Butterfly

Euthalia phemius (White-Edged Blue Baron)

Place : Namthang, South Sikkim

Date: Septermber 30, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Arthropoda

Class:             Insecta

Order:            Lepidoptera

Family:           Nymphalidae

Genus:            Euthalia

Species:           E. phemius

Binomial name: Euthalia phemius (Doubleday, 1848)

Other Names:  White-Edged Blue Baron

Special feature:  The male and female of this species look very different - the male is smaller and has large blue patches on its hindwings.