Tuesday, 2 August 2022

Euthalia lubentina (Gaudy Baron) - Sikkim Butterfly


 

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia
Phylum:          Arthropoda
Class:              Insecta
Order:            Lepidoptera
Family:           Nymphalidae
Genus:            Euthalia
Species:          E. Lubentina

Binomial name: Euthalia Lubentina (Crammer, 1777)

Other Names: Banded Treebrown

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Heteropoda venatoria (Giant Crab Spider) - Sikkim Spider

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam (12.07.2022)

 Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Arthropoda

Class:              Arachnida

Order:            Araneae

Family:           Sparassidae

Genus:            Heteropoda

Species:          H. venatoria


Binomial name:   Heteropoda venatoria Linnaeus  (1767)

Other Names: Giant Crab Spider

Friday, 8 July 2022

Epidaus famulus (Assassin Bug) - Sikkim Insect


 

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Arthropoda

Class:              Insecta

Order:            Hemiptera (bugs)

Family:           Reduviidae

Genus:            Epidaus

Species:          E. famulus

 

Binomial name: Epidaus famulus (Stål, 1863)

Other Names:  Assassin Bug

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Papilio clytia (common mime) - Sikkim Butterfly





Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                 Lepidoptera

Family:               Papilionidae

Genus:                 Papilo

Species:                P. clytia

Binomial name:  Papilo  clytia Linnaeus (1758)

MORE ON GENUS PAPILIO

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Argiope anasuja (Signature Spider) - Sikkim Spider

 

Place: Chisopani, Singtam (05.07.22)



Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Arthropoda

Class:              Arachnida

Order:            Araneae

Family:           Araneidae

Genus:            Argiope

Species:           A. brought

 

Binomial name:  Argiope brought Thorell, (1887)

Other Names: Signature Spider

Place: Chisopani, Singtam (05.07.22)

Friday, 1 July 2022

Moulting in cockroach

 


In order to grow, cockroaches like many other arthropods shed their old skin. This moulting process helps the insects to grow. This photograph was taken in Shantinagar, Singtam by Arpan Pradhan.

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)