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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46.
Ypthima newara newara
Moore, [1875]
(Newar Threering)
Remarks.
On
10.xi.2020
,
one male
individual was recorded in Jampui Hills (
23°48’51” N
&
92°15’33” E
,
ca.
827 m
above msl.), while nectaring on
Bidens pilosa
flowers. Later in this same day and same spot, a female individual was recorded while egg laying on a
Poaceae
plant. This species is rare throughout the state.
Current known distribution.
Nepal
,
Myanmar
,
India
(
Sikkim
to Northeast
India
) (
Van Gasse 2013
;
Varshney & Smetacek 2015
).