Thread by @opsimath6

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