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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4
463
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journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/144197
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Neptis jumbah
Moore, 1858
(
Figure 9
)
Common name: Chestnut Streaked Sailer
Salient characters:
In male, upper side fuliginous black spots. In female, the spots on forewing and hind wings comparatively broader than male, central white band on upper hind wing broad, row of white spots reduced near upper hind wing outer edge and dark chestnut streak beyond under forewing cell.
Remarks:
Individuals were observed perching flowers and matured fruits of
Lantana camara
at the elevation of
327m
above sea level.
Imaging date:
17-X-2017
.
Old distribution
:
India
:
Andhra Pradesh
,
Arunachal Pradesh
,
Assam
, Chhatisgarh,
Gujarat
,
Jharkhand
, J&K (present),
Kerala
,
Karnataka
,
Madhya Pradesh
,
Meghalaya
, Odhisa,
Tripura
,
Sikkim
and
West Bengal
. Endemic to South Asia (
Myanmar
and
Sri Lanka
). (
Varshney and Smetacek, 2015
; Kehimkar, 2014, 2016; Paul Van Gasse, 2018; Sondhi and
Kunte, 2018
;
Kunte
et al
., 2018
).
New distribution
: J&K (Manda hills, Jammu).
IUCN threat status:
Not yet worked out, but the species included in catalogue of life.