Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Chizami, Phek District, Nagaland, India
<span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">The butterflies of Chizami, Phek </span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">D</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Threatened Taxa |
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| Online Access: | http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1704 |
| Summary: | <span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">The butterflies of Chizami, Phek </span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">D</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">istrict of Nagaland, India were documented over a period of three years (2011</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">–</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">2014).</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB"> </span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">This represents the first list of butterfly records from Nagaland after publications by Tytler between 1911 and 1914. </span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">Two</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">-</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">hundred</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">-</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">and</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">-</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">twelve (212) species were recorded of which 34 species are legally protected under various schedules of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. </span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">Amongst the many significant records during the survey, two species, the Tawny Emperor </span><span class="char-style-override-17" xml:lang="en-GB">Chitoria ulupi ulupi</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB"> and the Comic Oakblue </span><span class="char-style-override-17" xml:lang="en-GB">Arhopala comica</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB"> were recorded from India after a period of</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB">100</span><span class="char-style-override-16" xml:lang="en-GB"> years.</span> |
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| ISSN: | 0974-7893 0974-7907 |