Journal of Threatened Taxa (Jan 2010)

Sighting of <i>Elymnias panthera</i> (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in West Bengal, eastern India

  • A.B. Roy,
  • U. Ghosh,
  • K. Kunte

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2280.670-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 670 – 671

Abstract

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The Tawny Palmfly butterfly, Elymnias panthera (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), is a Malayan species that is also known from the Nicobar Islands. Here we report sighting of E. panthera from the Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal, eastern India. This is the first sighting of the species from mainland India, and is a possible range extension of the species into northeastern India.