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| Pseudocoladenia dan, (Fulvous Pied Flat)
Place : Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: March 8, 2015
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Wednesday 25 March 2015
Pseudocoladenia dan, (Fulvous Pied Flat) - Sikkim Butterfly
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Papilio memnon (Great Mormon) - Sikkim Butterfly
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Place: Rongli, East Sikkim (March 8, 2015) Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. memnon
Binomial name: Papilio memnon Linnaeus (1758)
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Monday 16 March 2015
Phoenicurus hodgsoni (Hodgson's redstart) - Sikkim Bird
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| Phoenicurus hodgsoni (Hodgson's redstart)
Place : Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: March 8, 2015
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Centropus sinensis (Greater Coucal) - Sikkim Bird
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| Centropus sinensis (Greater Coucal)
Place : Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: March 8, 2015
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Friday 30 January 2015
Pericrocotus speciosus (Scarlet minivet - male) - Sikkim Bird
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| Pericrocotus speciosus (Scarlet minivet - male)
Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: January 23, 2015
Pic: Shital Pradhan |
Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Pericrocotus
Species: P.
speciosus
Binomial name: Pericrocotus speciosus Latham, 1790
Other
Names: Scarlet Minivet
Special feature: While the male of most subspecies
are scarlet to orange with black upper parts, the females are usually yellow
with greyish olive upper parts.
There are
13 species found in this genus:
Rosy minivet, Pericrocotus
roseus
Swinhoe's minivet or brown-rumped minivet, Pericrocotus cantonensis
Ashy minivet, Pericrocotus
divaricatus
Ryukyu minivet, Pericrocotus
tegimae
Small minivet, Pericrocotus
cinnamomeus
Fiery minivet, Pericrocotus
igneus
Little minivet, Pericrocotus
lansbergei
White-bellied minivet, Pericrocotus
erythropygius
Grey-chinned minivet, Pericrocotus
solaris
Long-tailed minivet, Pericrocotus
ethologus
Short-billed minivet, Pericrocotus
brevirostris
Sunda minivet, Pericrocotus
miniatus
Scarlet minivet, Pericrocotus
speciosus
Orange minivet, Pericrocotus
flammeus
Sunday 25 January 2015
Erebus macrops (Owl Moth) - Sikkim Moth
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| Erebus macrops (Owl Moth)
Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: January 23, 2015
Pic: Shital Pradhan |
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Erebus
Species:
E.
macrops
Binomial name: Erebus macrops Linnaeus, 1768
Other Names: Owl Moth
Special feature: It
is one of a large moth of Noctuidae
species and its wingspan is 12 cm.
There are 36 species of moth in the genus.
Thursday 25 December 2014
Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Female) - Sikkim Butterfly
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| Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Female)
Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: November 7, 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 upper-side hind wing not extending onto the fore wing.
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Enicurus scouleri (little forktail) - Sikkim Bird
Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Enicurus
Species: E. scouleri
Binomial name: Enicurus scouleri Vigors, 1832
Other Names: little forktail
Special feature:
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