Imantocera penicillata - Sikkim Beetle

 

Imantocera penicillata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

Himalayan Black Bear rescued from Gangtok

01.04.2020: Himalayan Black Bear was rescued successfully by Forest officials of Government of Sikkim after whole day of operation. Bear was first sighted at BSNL Telephone Exchange office situated at main Gangtok town at 5 AM morning, where the bear had attacked one employee and injured him seriously. Later the victim was send to STNM hospital.

Himalayan Black Bear was tranquilized by the team of professionals from Forest Department and put safely in the cage. As per the sources Bear will be transferred to Himalayan Zoological Park , Bulbulay, East Sikkim.

Genus Spilopelia

Spilopelia is a genus of doves that are closely related to Streptopelia, yet distinguished from them by differences in morphology and behavior. Some authors have argued that Stigmatopelia is the valid name as it appears in an earlier line although also erected by Sundevall, but Schodde and Mason in their zoological catalogue of Australian birds chose Spilopelia citing clause 24(b) of the ICZN Code which supports the decision of the first reviser.

The genus includes just two species:

• Spilopelia chinensis – spotted dove
• Spilopelia senegalensis – laughing dove 

Common Imperial (Cheritra freja) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Order:             Lepidoptera

Family:           Lycaenidae

Genus:            Cheritra

Species:           C. freja

Binomial name : Cheritra freja (Fabricius 1793)

Other Names:  Common Imperial

Special feature: Cheritra freja belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies’ family (Lycaenidae).

Anthogonium gracile ( Slender Anthogonium) - Sikkim Flora

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Plantae

Order:             Asparagales

Family:           Orchidaceae

Genus:            Anthogonium

Species:           A. gracile

Binomial name: Anthogonium gracile Wall. ex Lindl. (1836).

Other Names:  Slender Anthogonium, Anthogonium griffithii, Anthogonium corydaloides

Special feature: Anthogonium is a genus of orchids. At the present time (May 2014), only one species is recognized, i.e., Anthogonium gracile found in India, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Guangxi, Guizhou, Tibet, and Yunnan.(Source: Wikipedia)

Slender Anthogonium is a deciduous, miniature to medium sized terrestrial orchid found in eastern Himalayas in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests. The plants have ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 1-3, deciduous, stalked, narrowly lance-shaped leaves. The plant blooms in fall season on an erect, slender, very long (up to 45 cm), branched or simple, raceme with 10-12 flowers that do not open well. The flowers are pink-purple in color and a strongly remind of Corydalis.

Flower Identified by: Mita Aich

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