Journal of Threatened Taxa (Jun 2013)

Rediscovery of the Empress, <i>Sasakia funebris</i> Leech (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae: Apaturini) after 88 years in India

  • A.P. Singh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3428.4514-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 10
pp. 4514 – 4516

Abstract

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The sighting of an Empress, Sasakia funebris, is reported from upper Debang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh. This is the first record of this butterfly after almost nine decades in India. Observations on the habitat and habits of the species are given.