New records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Insecta) from Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya
Author
Sheikh, Taslima
Author
Parey, Sajad H.
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2019
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journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/144197
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Everes lacturnus
Godart, 1824
(Figure 16)
Common name
: Indian cupid
Salient features:
Underside is pale silvery-grey, with a bright reddish orange blotch at the hindwing tornus, and seriesof dark grey marginal and submarginal dashes.
Remarks:
Individuals were found nectaring on
Trifolium
species
and perching over grass at an elevation of
915m
amsl.
Imaging date:
20-IV-2019
.
Old distribution:
In
India
:
Himachal Pradesh
to Northeast
India
,
Uttar Pradesh
and
Bihar
. Global distribution reported from Srilanka to
Malaysia
, Southern
China
,
South Korea
,
Japan
,
Thailand
, Austrailia. (
Varshney and Smetacek, 2015
; Kehimkar, 2014, 2016; Paul Van Gasse, 2018; Sondhi and
Kunte, 2018
;
Kunte
et al
., 2018
).
New distribution:
J&K (BGSB University, Rajouri).
IUCN threat status:
Not yet worked out, but the species included in catalogue of life.