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Dicrurus macrocercus (Black Drongo)
Venue: Tinek, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: January 22, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Thursday 27 February 2014
Dicrurus macrocercus (Black Drongo) - Sikkim Bird
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Motacilla maderaspatensis (White-browed Wagtail - female) - Sikkim Bird
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Motacilla maderaspatensis (White-browed Wagtail - female)
Venue: Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: January 27, 2014
Pic: Santosh Sharma
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Dendrocitta formosae (Grey Treepie) - Sikkim Bird
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Dendrocitta formosae (Grey Treepie)
Other name: Himalayan Treepie
Venue: Sikkim Supreme, Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: April 27, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Dendrocitta formosae (Grey Treepie)
Other name: Himalayan Treepie
Venue: Duga, East Sikkim
Date: February 2, 2014
Pic: Santosh Sharma
The Bill of this bird seems deformed. |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Dendrocitta |
| Species: | D. formosae |
| Binomial name | |
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| Dendrocitta formosae Swinhoe, 1863 | |
Monday 24 February 2014
Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Male) - Sikkim Butterfly
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Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Male)
Place : Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 6, 2013
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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| Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Male)
Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: December 24, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Tanaecia
Species:
T.
julii
Binomial name: Tanaecia julii
Other Names: Common Earl
Special feature: This
butterfly is brown in colour with its peculiar blue-edged lower wings. The male is easily identified by having the blue band of the upperside hindwing not extending onto the forewing.
Dicrurus hottentottus (Hair-crested Drongo) - Sikkim Bird
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Dicrurus hottentottus (Hair-crested Drongo)
Venue: Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: February 24, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dicruridae |
| Genus: | Dicrurus |
| Species: | D. hottentottus |
Sunday 23 February 2014
Junonia almana (Peacock Pansy) - Sikkim Butterfly
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Junonia almana (Peacock Pansy)
Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: February 19, 2013
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Potentilla anserina (Silverweed) - Sikkim Flora
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Potentilla anserina (Silverweed)
Place : Kupup, East Sikkim
Date: July 15, 2010
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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It is also known as Argentina anserina. Dactylophyllum anserinam. Fragaria anserina.
Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum (Peace Lily) - Sikkim Flora
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Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum (Peace Lily)
Place : Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: August 8, 2011
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Wednesday 19 February 2014
Danaus chrysippus (Plain Tiger) - Sikkim Butterfly
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Danaus chrysippus (Plain Tiger)
Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: February 18, 2013
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Danaus chrysippus (Plain Tiger)
Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: June16, 2013
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Danaus genutia (Common Tiger) - Sikkim Butterfly
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Danaus genutia (Common Tiger)
Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: November 29, 2013
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Danaus genutia is a commonly found butterfly locally called Common Tiger or Stripped Tiger. It has a close similarity with Plain Tiger.
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