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1. Butterflies of Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Pundibari Main Campus, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
Dr Tusar K. Ghosal
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari-736165, Cooch Behar
West Bengal, India
E mail : drtkghosal@gmail.com
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Date of publication : 13.03.2020

2. Butterfly and skipper
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order : Lepidoptera ( Moths, butterflies and skippers)
Butterflies and Skippers:
Usually brighter in colour,(although some butterflies and skippers are
dark or pale brown)
Wings are not linked, frenulum and/or jugam absent.
Forelegs reduced, missing terminal segments
Butterflies frequently fold their wings above their backs when they are
perched although they will occasionally "bask" with their wings spread
for short periods. Fly during the day (Diurnal).
Pupae (chrysalids) do not form cocoon.

3. Lepidoptera include Moth, Butterfly and skipper
There are about 1,60,000 species including 64 Super-families, 127
families where most are moths (87%), rest are butterflies (five
families) and skippers ( single family).
There are about 18,000 species of Butterflies from the world and
only 1501 species of butterflies from India were recorded.
There are about 500 species of Nymphalid Butterflies recorded
from India.

4. Family : NYMPHALIDAE

5. Plain Tiger, Danaus chrysippus (Linn.)
Bengali Name :Tamot
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Front or dorsal view Ventral view
Larval food :
Asclapias curassavica,
Calotropis gigantea

6. Common Tiger, Danaus genutia (Cramer)
Bengali name : Baghballya
Larval food :
Asclapias spp.,
Ceropegia sp.,
Marsdendenia tinctoria
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7. Common Palmfly, Elymnias hypermenstra (Linn.)
Bengali name : KHAYERCHAK
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Front or dorsal view
Ventral view
Female
Larval food :
Areca catechu,
Cocos nicifera
Male
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8. Peacock Pansy, Junonia almana (Linn.)
Bengali name : Nayan
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Larval food :
Hygrophila auriculata,
Baleria sp,
Acanthus sp.
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9. Grey Pansy , Junonia atlites (Linn.)
Bengali name : Chandnori
Larval food :
Hygrophila auriculata,
Baleria sp,
Acanthus sp.

10. Blue Tiger, Tirumala limniace Cramer 1775
Bengali name : Himulkuchi
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Larval host plants :
Asclepius curassavica, Calotropus procera, Hoya
viridiflora, Tylophora indica, Wattakaka
valubiliss

11. Lemon Pancy, Junonia lemonias Linn. 1758
Bengali name : Usum
Larval host plants ; Justicia spp., Barleria prionitis, Lepidogathis spp., Sida
rhombifolia, Corchorus capsularis

12. Chestnut-streaked Sailer, Neptis jumbah Moore 1857
Bengali name : Batasi
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Larval host plants : Bombax ceiba, Moullava, Delbergia spp.,
Hibiscus spp., Pongomina pinnata, Thespesia populnea, Xylia
xylocarpa, Grewia sp., Byttneria herbacea

13. Common Indian Crow, Euploea core core (Cramer 1780)
Bengali name : Kaowa
Euploea core core (Cramer)
Larval host plants :
Holorrhena pubescens, Tylophora
indica, Ficus sp., Nerium sp.,
Hemidesmus indicus, Streblus
asper, Ichnocarpus frutescens

14. Great egg fly, Hypolimnus bolina (Linn.)
Bengali name : Jamui
Male
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Larval host plants : Portulaca oletacea,
Sida rhombifolia, Fleurya interrupta

15. Common Baron, Euthalia aconthea Cramer 1777
Bengali name : Bhusanda
Larval host plants: Mangifera indica, Anacardium occidentale, Streblus sp., Bryonia sp

16. Ghosal, T.K. (2013). Lepidopteran insect fauna of Uttar Banga Krishi
Viswavidyalaya Campus, West Bengal, India. Indian Journal of Social and Natural
Science. 2 (1) : 51-60.