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Argynnis childreni subsp. sakontala

  • 1. Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Dhanore, Rajouri - 185234, Jammu & Kashmir, India; Email: sajadtrichop @ bgsbu. ac. in
  • 2. University of Punjab, Lahore - 54590, Pakistan

Description

239. Argynnis childreni (Gray, 1831) ssp. sakontala (Kollar, 1848)

Common name: Large Silverstripe.

Distribution: Kashmir (Moore, 1874; de Niceville, 1886; Bingham, 1905; Fruhstorfer, 1912; D’Abrera, 1992; Varshney & Smetacek, 2015; Kehimkar, 2016; Gasse, 2018); Kupwara district (Qureshi et al., 2013- A); Gulmarg, Baramulla district (Qureshi et al., 2013- B); Dachigam N.P. (Qureshi et al., 2014); Doda district (Anonymous 2020-B2); BGSBU, Rajouri district (Taslima Sheikh, Recent record).

Material examined: India: J&K, Rajouri, BGSBU, 1200 m msl, 06-iv-2019, 33 ο 23’42.1’’N 74 ο 20’35.7”E, coll. T. Sheikh, (MDZ).

Notes

Published as part of Sheikh, Taslima, Awan, Muhammad Akram & Parey, Sajad H., 2021, Checklist of Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) of Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir, India, pp. 127-171 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1) on page 152, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i1/2021/154311, http://zenodo.org/record/13186483

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BGSBU , MDZ , T
Event date
2019-04-06
Verbatim event date
2019-04-06
Scientific name authorship
Kollar
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Argynnis
Species
sakontala
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Argynnis childreni subsp. sakontala (Kollar, 1848) sec. Sheikh, Awan & Parey, 2021

References

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  • Moore, F. 1874. List of Diurnal Lepidoptera collected in Cashmere Territory by Capt. R. B. Reed, 12 th Regt. with Descriptions of new Species. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874 (4): 264 - 274. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1874. tb 02482. x.
  • de Niceville, L. 1886. Nymphalidae. Nymphalinae, Lemoniidae, Libythaeinae, Nemeobiinae. In: The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon. A descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notice of allied species occuring in the neighbouring countries along the border; with numerous illustrations. Calcutta: Printed and published by the Calcutta central press CO., LD 2: i-vii + 1 - 332.
  • Bingham, C. T. 1905. Butterflies. (Nymphalidae, Nemeobidae) In: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Tay. and Fran. Lond., 1: xxii + 511.
  • Fruhstorfer, H. 1912. Melitaea F.; Boloria Moore; Argynnis F.; Precis Hbn.; Vanessa F.; Polygonia Hbn.; Kallima Dbl.; Stibochiona Btlr.; Neptis F.; Limenitis F.; Euthalia Hbn.; Apatura F. In: Seitz, A. Die Groβ-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Die Indo-Australische Tagfalter. Stuttgart, Lehmann Vrlg.; 9, p. 510 - 529, 563 - 567, 569 - 570, 637 - 639, 655 - 695, 697 - 703.
  • D'Abrera, B. 1992. Butterflies of the Holarctic region. Part II Satyridae (concl.), Nymphalidae (partim). Hill house, Victoria, Australia; p. I-XV, 186 - 334.
  • Varshney, R. K. and Smetacek, P. 2015. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. Butterfly Res. centre, Bhi. & Ind. Pub., New Delhi. India; p. 261.
  • Kehimkar, I. 2016. BNHS Field Guides: Butterflies of India. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 506.
  • Gasse, P. V. 2018. Butterflies of the Indian Sub Continent - Annotated Checklist. Accessed from: http: // www. biodiversityofindia. org / images / 2 / 2 c / Butterflies _ of _ India. pdf.
  • Qureshi, A. A., Bhagat, R. C. and Bhat, D. M. 2014. Diversity of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea) of Dachigam National Park, Jammu and Kashmir, India. J. Thr. Taxa., 6 (1): 5389 - 5392. https: // doi. org / 10.11609 / JoTT. o 2886.5389 - 92.