Agave attenuata (Fox tail agave) - Sikkim Flora

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Plantae

Order:             Asparagales

Family:           Asparagaceae

Genus:            Agave

Species:           A. attenuta

Binomial name: Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck (1834)

Other Names:  Fox tail or Lion tail or Swan's neck agave

Anlion larva - Sikkim Insect

10.10.22 : Sakyong Chisopani JHS

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:         Arthropoda

Class:         Insecta

Order: Neuroptera

Family:         Myrmeleontidae

Genus:         

Species:         

Binomial name:

 

Other Names: Doodlebug, Antlion

 

Thyas coronata (Yellow Underwing) - Sikkim Moth

Place: Shantinagar, Singtam (04.08.2022)

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:         Arthropoda

Class:         Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family:         Erebidae

Genus:         Thyas

Species:         T. coronata

Binomial name: Thyas coronata (Fabricius, 1775)

 

Other Names: Yellow Underwing

 

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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

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

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

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

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)

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.

Flat headed leaf hopper (Cicadellidae Ledrinae) - Sikkim Insect