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
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23.
Lestranicus transpectus
(Moore, 1879)
(White-banded Hedge Blue
)
Remarks.
One individual recorded from Jampui Hills (
24°2’20” N
&
92°16’19” E
,
ca.
329 m
above msl.), on
29.xii.2017
, during mud-puddling near roadsides. After that, several individuals were recorded in Bettlingchip, the highest peak of the state. This species is very
rare throughout the state but can be seen most often in Jampui Hills.
Current known distribution.
Nepal
,
Myanmar
,
India
(
Sikkim
to Northeast
India
) (
Van Gasse 2013
;
Varshney & Smetacek 2015
).