Orange oak-leaf (Kallima inachus) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific Classification

Kingdom:                     Animalia

Phylum:                        Arthropoda

Class:                            Insecta

Order:                           Lepidoptera

Family:                          Nymphalidae

Genus:                           Kallima

Species:                         K. inachus

Binomial name:            Kallima inachus (Doyère, 1840)

Other Names:  Orange oak-leaf or Dead leaf

Special feature:  With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark veins and is a spectacular and commonly cited example of camouflage.

Erebus ephesperis - Sikkim Moth

Scientific Classification

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Erebidae

Subfamily:           Erebinae

Tribe:                   Erebini

Genus:                  Erebus

Species:                 E. ephesperis

Binomial name:    Erebus ephesperis (Hübner, 1827)

Other Names:

Special feature:  It has a wingspan of about 9 cm.

Sikkim Ornithological Society starts awareness tour to Sikkim’s schools

Visits Kabi GSSS and Tingda PS

Sikkim Biodiversity news

02.09.15: Sikkim Ornithological Society starts an awareness of Sikkim’s nature by visiting schools of Sikkim. The organization is set to visit at-least 500 schools from primary level to Senior Secondary schools in the program. The team of SOS today made its first visit to Kabi School and Tingda PS.

 Nosang Muringla Limboo, President of SOS with his presentation of Butterfly chart

With Headmaster and Teacher of Tingda 

The Team met the students and teachers of the school and briefed about the volunteer work to present a chart of Birds and Butterflies of Sikkim (complied by the SOS team a decade's work) for each school throughout the state. Motive behind the program was to interact with the young minds of Sikkim and to make them aware of their own natural wealth and help conserve it.