Friday, 30 October 2020

Mooreana trichoneura (Yellow Flat) - Sikkim Butterfly

 

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Hesperiidae

Genus:                 Mooreana

Species:                M. trichoneura

Binomial name:  Mooreana trichoneura (C. & R. Felder, 1860)

Friday, 18 September 2020

Ambulyx sericeipennis (common gliding hawkmoth) - Sikkim Moth


 

Scientific classification

 

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Sphingidae

Genus:                 Ambulyx

Species:                A. sericeipennis

Binomial name:  Ambulyx sericeipennis (Butler, 1875)

Ourapteryx clara (Geometrid Swallowtail Moth) Sikkim Moth


 

Scientific classification

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Geometridae

Genus:                 Ourapteryx

Species:                O.clara

Binomial name:  Ourapteryx clara (Leach, 1814)

Thursday, 17 September 2020

Marumba dyras ( dull swirled hawkmoth) - Sikkim Moth

Scientific classification

 

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Sphingidae

Genus:                 Marumba

Species:                M. dyras

Binomial name:   Marumba dyras (Walker, 1856)

 

Marumba dyras is a species of hawk moth described by Francis Walker in 1856.