Neptis jumbah Moore, 1858, 1857

Sheikh, Taslima & Parey, Sajad H., 2019, New records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Insecta) from Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4), pp. 463-473 : 468

Neptis jumbah Moore, 1858 ( Figure 9 )

Common name: Chestnut Streaked Sailer

Salient characters: In male, upper side fuliginous black spots. In female, the spots on forewing and hind wings comparatively broader than male, central white band on upper hind wing broad, row of white spots reduced near upper hind wing outer edge and dark chestnut streak beyond under forewing cell. Remarks: Individuals were observed perching flowers and matured fruits of Lantana camara at the elevation of 327m above sea level.

Imaging date: 17-X-2017.

Old distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhatisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, J&K (present), Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odhisa, Tripura, Sikkim and West Bengal. Endemic to South Asia ( Myanmar and Sri Lanka). ( Varshney and Smetacek, 2015; Kehimkar, 2014, 2016; Paul Van Gasse, 2018; Sondhi and Kunte, 2018; Kunte et al., 2018).

New distribution: J&K (Manda hills, Jammu).

IUCN threat status: Not yet worked out, but the species included in catalogue of life.

Figures

Figures 7-12. Symphaedra nais Forster, 1771 9. Neptis jumbah Moore, 1858. 10. Moduza procris Cramer, 1777. 11. Athyma cama Moore, 1857. 12. Tajuria jehana Moore, 1884.