A first sighting of Tawny Coster Acraea violae Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from the southern foothills of Bhutan

Abstract

Despite having rich faunal diversity of butterflies in the country there is no compressive checklist of butterflies. However, the sighting of Tawny Coster in southern foothills of Bhutan adds up a new species to the list of butterflies of Bhutan.

Keywords

• Jigmeling
• Sarpang District
• new record
• Tawny Coster.