Reporting of Discophora sondaica (Lepidoptera : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae) from Sundarbans, West Bengal, India along with an updated species list from the region

Authors

  • Apurva Das
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700 053, West Bengal
  • P. C. Pathania
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700 053, West Bengal
  • Suresh Kr. Shah
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700 053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/141450

Keywords:

Mangrove Ecosystem, New Record, Protected Butterfly, Sundarbans

Abstract

The present communication represents updated list of 126 species of butterflies under 85 genera belonging to 06 families from the Indian Sundarbans. During present survey, 30 species have been recorded, of which, a butterfly species, Discophora sondaica Boisduval, 1836 (Family Nymphalidae) has been reported for the first time from the mangrove ecosystem of this region. The family Lycaenidae represents 38 species followed by families Nymphalidae, Hesperiidae, Pieridae, Papilionidae and Riodinidae with 37 species, 26 species, 14 species, 10 species and 01 species respectively.

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2019-06-18

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Das, A., Pathania, P. C., & Shah, S. K. (2019). Reporting of <i>Discophora sondaica</i> (Lepidoptera : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae) from Sundarbans, West Bengal, India along with an updated species list from the region. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(2), 120–127. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/141450

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Volume 119, Issue 2, 2019

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