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Ypthima newara subsp. newara Moore 1875

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Description

46. Ypthima newara newara Moore, [1875] (Newar Threering)

Remarks. On 10.xi.2020, one male individual was recorded in Jampui Hills (23°48’51” N & 92°15’33” E, ca. 827 m above msl.), while nectaring on Bidens pilosa flowers. Later in this same day and same spot, a female individual was recorded while egg laying on a Poaceae plant. This species is rare throughout the state.

Current known distribution. Nepal, Myanmar, India (Sikkim to Northeast India) (Van Gasse 2013; Varshney & Smetacek 2015).

Notes

Published as part of Bhowmik, Suman, 2021, Fifty-one new additions to the butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) fauna of Tripura, North-east India, pp. 35-60 in Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.35249/rche.47.1.21.04, http://zenodo.org/record/10950112

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Ypthima
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Moore
Species
newara
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Ypthima newara subsp. newara Moore, 1875 sec. Bhowmik, 2021

References

  • Van Gasse, P. (2013) Butterflies of India-annotated checklist. Butterflies of India, Kruibeke, Belgium, 161 pp.
  • Varshney, R. K. and Smetacek, P. (2015) A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing, New Delhi, ii + pp. 261, 8 pl.