Re-discovery of Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Calinaginae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India

Authors

  • Sanjay Sondhi Titli Trust, 49 Rajpur Road Enclave, Dhoran Khas, near IT Park, P.O. Gujrada, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India EcoSystems-India, House no. 2 (1 st floor), Banipur Path, Kailash Nagar, Beltola, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India Indian Foundation for Butterflies. C-703, Alpine Pyramid, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru 560097, Karnataka, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3970-6858
  • Tarun Karmakar National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), GKVK, Bellary Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560065, India http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9085-4891
  • Yash Sondhi Indian Foundation for Butterflies. C-703, Alpine Pyramid, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru 560097, Karnataka, India Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, CET Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 560097, India­ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7704-3944
  • Rishiddh Jhaveri National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), GKVK, Bellary Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560065, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2643-9279
  • Krushnamegh Kunte Indian Foundation for Butterflies. C-703, Alpine Pyramid, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru 560097, Karnataka, India National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), GKVK, Bellary Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560065, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3860-6118

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2354.8.3.8618-8622

Keywords:

Himalayan biodiversity, Kameng Protected Area Complex, Pakke Tiger Reserve.

Abstract

The butterfly Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 has been re-discovered a hundred years after its original description, and its range extended by 200km westwards into western Arunachal Pradesh, India. 

 

Author Biography

Sanjay Sondhi, Titli Trust, 49 Rajpur Road Enclave, Dhoran Khas, near IT Park, P.O. Gujrada, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India EcoSystems-India, House no. 2 (1 st floor), Banipur Path, Kailash Nagar, Beltola, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India Indian Foundation for Butterflies. C-703, Alpine Pyramid, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru 560097, Karnataka, India

Trustee, Titli Trust

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