Fifty-one new additions to the butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) fauna of Tripura, North-east India
Author
Bhowmik, Suman
text
Revista Chilena de Entomología
2021
Rev. Chil. Entomol.
2021-02-26
47
1
35
60
http://dx.doi.org/10.35249/rche.47.1.21.04
journal article
10.35249/rche.47.1.21.04
0718-8994
10950112
07DA43A6-7C28-4088-8371-6BB366EDDA4A
37.
Bassarona teuta teuta
(Doubleday, [1848])
(Banded Marquis)
Remarks.
This species is legally protected under schedule II of the Indian Wildlife (Protected) Act, 1972 (
Anonymous 1997
). On
05.xii.2015
, a male individual was observed on a
Citrus sinensis
plant in Jampui Hills (
24°0’6” N
&
92°16’44” E
,
ca.
575 m
above msl.). Later several sightings were made in different locations of Jampui Hills including a female. This species is not very rare in Jampui Hills, although very rare throughout the state.
Current known distribution.
Bangladesh
,
Myanmar
,
India
(
Meghalaya
&
Manipur
) (
Van Gasse 2013
;
Varshney & Smetacek 2015
).