Notes on some rare and elusive butterflies from Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India with rediscovery of two subspecies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
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Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, new records, distribution, Coelites nothis adamsoni, Pieris naganum, Erites falcipennis, IndiaAbstract
Namdapha National Park is situated in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, roughly at the intersection of Palearctic and Indo-Malayan biogeographic realms. On account of its peculiar geographic position and diversity of vegetation and habitat types it encompasses, Namdapha is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. Here we report the occurrence of eight rare and elusive species or subspecies of butterflies namely Capila pieridoides (Moore, 1878), Plastingia naga (de Nicéville, [1884]), Salanoemia noemi (de Nicéville, 1885), Lotongus sarala (de Nicéville, 1889), Pieris naganum (Moore, 1884), Erites falcipennis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883, Coelites nothis adamsoni Moore, 1891, Bassarona durga splendens (Tytler, 1915) in Namdapha National Park. The subspecies C. nothis adamsoni and Pieris naganum naganum are being reported for the first time after a gap of more than a century and we provide first ever photographs of live individuals of these subspecies. E. falcipennis is being reported for the first time from the country after its description in 1883. These findings emphasize the significance of Namdapha National Park as a crucial protected area for butterflies in North east India.
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