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
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35
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http://dx.doi.org/10.35249/rche.47.1.21.04
journal article
10.35249/rche.47.1.21.04
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25.
Ticherra acte acte
(Moore, [1858])
(Blue Imperial)
Remarks.
This species was first observed in Jampui Hills while busking on tree canopy in
December 2015
. Later this species was sighted several times in Jampui Hills but unable to photograph on each encounter. However, on
07.xi.2019
,
one male
individual was photographed in Jampui Hills (
24°2’20” N
&
92°16’19” E
,
ca.
329 m
above msl.). Another observation occurred in Panisagar, near the Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary. This species is not so rare in
Tripura
.
Current known distribution.
Bangladesh
,
Myanmar
,
India
(
Uttarakhand
to Northeast
India
) (
Van Gasse 2013
;
Varshney & Smetacek 2015
).