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The bird thread bought so much joy and sense of rediscovery....so starting a thread on one more gp of colourful evanescent winged creatures... 'hathon mein rang reh jaata he pankhon se jab chhodo toh'...1. Common Peacock(Papilio polyctor),from Rupa and sessa respectively
2. Indian TortoiseShell(Aglais caschmirensis)Rupa,Arunachal...pair of territorial pugnacious males in all probability....I have had a paper published on the range extension of this species along with a lycaenid species of butterfly here... threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT…
3. Common Map(Cyrestis thyodamas),Amlaghat,Uttaranchal....Its not common inspite of the common name😁.. and one look at it and you can guess at the origin of that name...does look like an old parchment map for buried treasure doesnt it?😁
4. Himalayan Jester(Symbrenthia hypselis),Rupa Arunachal
5. Indian Purple Emperor(Mimathyma ambica),Sessa ,Arunachal....You can see the light dependent irridescence in this photo with one wing blue and the other not.
6. Red Base Jezebel ( Delias pasithoe),Bhalukpong, Arunachal
7. Green veined White(Pieris napi),Rupa Arunachal
8. Blue-spotted Crow (Euploea midamus),Sessa,Arunachal Pradesh
9.Spotted Sawtooth(Prioneris thestylis),Sessa,Arunachal. This butterfly mimics the Hill Jezebel
10.Hill Jezebel(Delias belladona),Tawang Arunachal....The species being mimiced by no 9 above
11. Zebra blue(Leptotes plinius),Rupa Arunachal
12. Fulvous pied Flat(Pseudocoladenia dan), Rupa Arunachal
13. Green Sapphire(Heliophorus androcles),Rupa Arunachal
14. Grand Duchess(Euthalia patala),Forsythganj,Himachal
15. Large Faun(Faunis eumeus)... A rare amathusiid from Meghalaya
found a couple of these flying around in the dappled sunlight in the woods near mawsmai caves.
16.Common Silverline(Spindasis vulcanus),Barkul,Odisha
17. Striped Ringlet(Ragdia Crisilda),Sessa,Arunachal...One of those rare and unmistakable Butterflies
18. Common Maplet(Chersonesia risa),Sessa, Arunachal.... Uncommon
19. Vagrant (Vagrans egista),Sessa Arunachal
20. Blue Duke butterfly (Euthalia durga) Sessa,Arunachal,one of the rare ones
.... European nobility is well represented among butterflies😁(see also 14. Above)
21. As is the Navy😁....Desi and otherwise.....Common lascar( Pantoporia hordonia),Futsil,Uttarakhand
22. Green Commodore (Sumalia daraxa) ,Sessa ,Arunachal
23. And the seniormost in that hierarchy..... Red Admiral( Vanessa atalanta),Rupa Arunachal
24. Now a rank from the Army/Airforce😁.... Black vein Sergeant ( Athyma ranga),Sohra,Meghalaya
25. Small Staff Sergeant (Athyma zeroca),Sessa ,Arunachal
26. There are biblical characters too(Also see 6 and 10 above)...
Yellow Jezebel( Delias agostina),Sessa, Arunachal
27. Popinjay (Stibochiona nicea), Eaglenest ,Arunachal
28. We also have desi royalty..... Common Nawab(Polyura athamas), Amlaghat,Pithoragarh
29. Black Rajah ( Polyura athamas),Dharamsala, Himachal
30. Great yellow Sailer(Neptis radha)...note sailer with an 'E' not 'O'😊....one of those rare ,not easily seen butterfly, Sessa, Arunachal
31.Grey Count (Tanaecia lepidea)..Barkul,Odisha
32. Mixed Punch(Dodona ouida),Rupa,Arunachal
33. Common Cruiser (Vindula erota) Male and female respectively...Rupa Arunachal
34.Brit feudal system still found in the Lepidopteran world 😁....large Yeoman( Cirrochroa aoris),Sessa Arunachal
35. Grey Pansy(Junonia atlites) Barkul,Odisha
36. You can see why its called Autumn leaf(Doleschallia bisaltide)...alarmed this one inadvertantly so couldnt get an open wings shot..... Sessa Arunachal
37. Red Helen(Papilio helenus)Had spotted this one just emerged out of its chrysalis(at bottom left) and drying its wings in Sessa,Arunachal
37. Another Papilionid Crimson Rose(Pachliopta hector),Barkul Odisha
38. Punchinello( Zemeros flegyas), Sessa Arunachal
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