PREVIOUS
✖
Four-Ringed Butterfly
August 10 , 2024
18 hrs 0 min
24
0
- A four-ringed butterfly belonging to a family with most members in China has resurfaced in India after 61 years.
- The great four-ring (Ypthima cantliei) is a species of Satyrinae butterfly.
- It was last reported in 1957 from (eastern) Assam’s Margherita.
- The family Nymphalidae has some 6,000 species of butterflies.
- Of this 35 Ypthima species recorded in India, 23 have been reported from the northeast.
- Arunachal Pradesh has more than 600 of the 1,327 species of butterflies recorded in India so far.
Leave a Reply
Your Comment is awaiting moderation.