Published: 6th Jul, 2020
Lepidopterists in Arunachal Pradesh have helped add two species to India’s expanding list of butterflies.
- Lepidopterists in Arunachal Pradesh have helped add two species to India’s expanding list of butterflies.
- Striped Hairstreak: One of them, the Striped Hairstreak, was first recorded by Japanese entomologists in Hainan province of China.
- The Striped Hairstreak (Yamamotozephyrus kwangtugenesis) was located in Vijaynagar bordering Myanmar
- Elusive Prince: The other, Elusive Prince (Rohana tonkiniana), has a Vietnamese connection and was thought to be the more familiar Black Prince found in the Eastern Himalayas.
- The Elusive Prince was found in Miao on the periphery of the Namdapha National Park.
- India now has 1,327 species, up from 1,318 in 2015
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