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

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Fagopyrum tataricum (Tartary buckwheat) - Sikkim flora

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Plantae

Phylum:          Angiosperms

Order:                        Caryophyllales

Family:           Polygonaceae

Subfamily:     Epidendroideae

Genus:            Fagopyrum

Species:           F. tataricum

Binomial name: Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn

Other Names:  duckwheat, India buckwheat, India wheat, green buckwheat or bitter buckwheat

Special feature: Tartary buckwheat is bitterer, but contains more rutin than common buckwheat. It also contains quercitrin.

Tartar buckwheat was domesticated in east Asia, and is also cultivated in Europe and North America. While it is an unfamiliar food in the West, it is still eaten in the Himalayan region today. (Source: Wikipedia)

Euploea mulciber (Striped Blue Crow) - Sikkim Butterfly

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Nymphalidae

Genus:                  Euploea

Species:                 E. mulciber

Binomial name:    Euploea mulciber (Cramer, 1777)

Other Names:  Striped Blue Crow

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Symbrenthia lilaea (Common Jester) - Sikkim Butterfly

Symbrenthia lilaea (Common Jester)

Venue: Chisopani, Singtam  East Sikkim

Date: November 29,  2013

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Nymphalidae

Genus:                  Symbrenthia

Species:                 S. lilaea

Binomial name:    Symbrenthia lilaea (Hewitson, 1864)

Other Names: Common Jester

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