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And Crenulate Oakblue Apporasa Atkfnsonf Hewftson, 1869 (Lycaenfdae: Theclfnae) Reported from Manfpur, Indfa OPEN ACCESS All arfcles publfshed fn the Journal of Threatened Taxa are regfstered under Creafve Commons Atrfbufon 4.0 Interna - fonal Lfcense unless otherwfse menfoned. JoTT allows unrestrfcted use of arfcles fn any medfum, reproducfon and dfstrfbufon by provfdfng adequate credft to the authors and the source of publfcafon. Journal of Threatened Taxa The fnternafonal journal of conservafon and taxonomy www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Onlfne) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Prfnt) Note A century later: Trfcolored Pfed Flat Coladenfa fndranf uposathra Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Hesperffdae: Pyrgfnae) and Crenulate Oakblue Apporasa atkfnsonf Hewftson, 1869 (Lycaenfdae: Theclfnae) reported from Manfpur, Indfa Baleshwor Sfngh Sofbam, Harmenn Hufdrom & Jafshwor Sfngh Irungbam 26 July 2016 | Vol. 8 | No. 7 | Pp. 9030–9033 10.11609/jot.2732.8.7. 9030-9033 For Focus, Scope, Afms, Polfcfes and Gufdelfnes vfsft htp://threatenedtaxa.org/About_JoTT.asp For Arfcle Submfssfon Gufdelfnes vfsft htp://threatenedtaxa.org/Submfssfon_Gufdelfnes.asp For Polfcfes agafnst Scfenffc Mfsconduct vfsft htp://threatenedtaxa.org/JoTT_Polfcy_agafnst_Scfenffc_Mfsconduct.asp For reprfnts contact <[email protected]> Publfsher/Host Partner Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 9030–9033 Note Manfpur, a small northeastern A century later: Trfcolored Pfed Flat state of Indfa, coverfng a land area Coladenfa fndranf uposathra Fruhstorfer, of 22,000km 2 fs blessed wfth an 1911 (Hesperffdae: Pyrgfnae) and Crenulate ISSN 0974-7907 (Onlfne) excepfonally hfgh dfversfty of lora Oakblue Apporasa atkfnsonf Hewftson, ISSN 0974-7893 (Prfnt) and fauna. Thfs has earned the state 1869 (Lycaenfdae: Theclfnae) reported recognffon, as ft fs a part of the Indo- OPEN ACCESS Burma Bfodfversfty Hotspot (htp:// from Manfpur, Indfa www.cepf.net/resources/hotspots/ Baleshwor Sfngh Sofbam 1 , Harmenn Hufdrom 2 & Asfa-Pacfffc/Pages/Indo-Burma.aspx) Jafshwor Sfngh Irungbam 3 as an area havfng one of the rfchest bfodfversfty fn the world. Northeastern Indfa fs a meefng 1 Nfngombam Mayaf Lefkaf, Imphal West, Manfpur 795003, Indfa place of the central Asfan and Chfnese sub-dfvfsfons of the 2 Yafskul Hfruhanba Lefkaf, Imphal West, Manfpur 795001, Indfa 3 Faculty of Scfence, Unfversfty of South Bohemfa, Ceske Budejovfce, Palaearcfc regfon wfth the penfnsular Indfan and Malayan Czech Republfc 37005 sub-dfvfsfon of the Orfental regfon thus very rfch fn buterly 3 Insftute of Entomology, Czech Academy of Scfence, Ceske dfversfty (Wynter-Blyth 1957). The area consfsts of many Budejovfce, Czech Republfc 37005 1 [email protected] , 2 [email protected] , specfes whfch are endemfc; very rare, and or protected 3 [email protected] (correspondfng author) under the Indfan Wfldlffe (Protecfon) Act, 2002. Despfte the very rfch dfversfty, the area remafns less studfed fn the last few decades thus there fs lftle natural hfstory and Elwes, 1882 and Nepfs nycteus de Nfcévflle, 1890 whfch ecologfcal knowledge on the buterlfes of Manfpur. are very rare to the Hfmalaya were reported nearly ater The studfes on the buterlfes of Manfpur have been a 100 years from Sfkkfm (Raf et al. 2012). Other buterlfes fllustrated at Bfngham (1905), Tytler (1914), Evans (1927, lfke Elymnfas obnubfla Marshall & de Nfcévflle, 1883, 1932), Talbot (1947) and Wynter-Blyth (1957). In recent Athyma whftef Tytler, 1940, Algfa fascfata fascfata Felder years many specfes of buterlfes have been reported and & Felder, 1860, Polygonfa c-album agnfcula Moore, 1872 redfscovered from northeastern Indfa. Symbrenthfa sflana and Calfnaga aborfca Tytler, 1915 whfch were recently de Nfcévflle, 1885 , Papflfo elephenor Doubleday, 1845 and redfscovered; newly recorded or extended thefr range to Shfjfmfa mooref Leech, 1889 were recently redfscovered dfferent parts of northeast Indfa (Kunte 2009; Gogof 2014; from Sfkkfm and western Assam (Kunte 2010; Choudhury Gogof et al. 2015; Goswamf et al. 2015; Sondhf et al. 2016). 2010) and are protected under Schedule I of the Indfan In thfs paper, we report the sfghfngs of two rare and Wfldlffe (Protecfon) Act, 1972. Later, Lethe margarftae fmportant buterly specfes: Coladenfa fndranf uposathra DOI : htp://dx.dof.org/10.11609/jot.2732.8.7. 9030-9033 | ZooBank: urn:lsfd:zoobank.org:pub:A8F3D0B9-0D27-48D5-A5C5-B757DDD611F0 Edftor: Safto Motokf, The Research Insftute of Evolufonary Bfology (RIEB), Tokyo, Japan. Date of publfcafon: 26 July 2016 (onlfne & prfnt) Manuscrfpt detafls: Ms # 2732 | Recefved 23 Aprfl 2016 | Ffnal recefved 10 July 2016 | Ffnally accepted 12 July 2016 Cftafon: Sofbam, B.S., H. Hufdrom & J.S. Irungbam (2016). A century later: Trfcolored Pfed Flat Coladenfa fndranf uposathra Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Hesperffdae: Pyrgfnae) and Crenulate Oakblue Apporasa atkfnsonf Hewftson, 1869 (Lycaenfdae: Theclfnae) reported from Manfpur, Indfa . Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(7): 9030 –9033 ; htp://dx.dof.org/10.11609/jot.2732.8.7. 9030 -903 3 Copyrfght: © Sofbam et al. 2016 . Creafve Commons Atrfbufon 4.0 Internafonal Lfcense. JoTT allows unrestrfcted use of thfs arfcle fn any medfum, reproducfon and dfstrfbufon by provfdfng adequate credft to the authors and the source of publfcafon. Fundfng: Parfally supported by Czech Scfence Foundafon (GA CR) (14-36098G). Conlfct of Interest: The authors declare no compefng fnterests. Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Department of Forest, Government of Manfpur for granfng permfssfon to conduct the survey of buterlfes wfthfn the Manfpur state. We also thanks Mr. Peter Smetacek, Buterly Research Centre, Bhfmtal (Indfa) and Mr. Monsoon Joyf Gogof, Department of Ecology and Envfronment Scfence, Assam Unfversfty, Sflchar for fdenffyfng and confrmfng the specfes and also to the unknown revfewers who have gfven thefr suggesfon and comments to the manuscrfpt. Lastly, we are thankful to our famflfes who have rendered thefr support and encouragement provfded durfng the feld vfsfts and our research. The thfrd author thanks to Czech Scfence Foundafon (GA CR) (14-36098G) for supporfng on the preparafon of the manuscrfpt. 9030 Century later report of two butterflies from Manipur Soibam et al. Fruhstorfer, 1911 from Imphal west and Bishenpur District; © Baleshwor Singh Soibam Apporasa atkinsoni Hewitson, 1869 from the Chandel District of Manipur in northeastern India. Tricolored Pied Flat Coladenia indrani uposathra Fruhstorfer, 1911 The skipper butterflyColadenia indrani (Moore, [1866]) is a common and widespread species reported from India (from Gujarat eastwards to West Bengal and southward to Kerala, Himachal Pradesh to northeastern India and Manipur) (Varshney & Smetacek 2015), Nepal, Bhutan, Image 1. Photographic record of Coladeina indrani uposathra Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka (Kehimkar 2008), Thailand Fruhstrofer, 1911 (UP) from Keibul Lamjao National Park, Bishenpur and Vietnam (Pinratanna 1985; Ek-Amnuay 2006) and Laos District (Osada et al. 1999; Nakamura & Wakahara 2012). The genus Coladenia Moore, (1881) consists of about 20 species of which four species are reported from the Indian sub- © Baleshwor Singh Soibam region, i.e., Coladenia agni (de Nicéville, [1884]), Coladenia indrani (Moore, [1866]), Coladenia laxmi (de Nicéville, [1889]) and Coladenia agnioides Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (Varshney & Smetacek 2015). The Tricolored Pied Flat, Coladenia indrani Moore, 1866, is represented by three subspecies: Coladenia indrani indra Evans, 1926 (from Gujarat eastwards to West Bengal and southwards to Kerala); Coladenia indrani indrani (Moore [1866]) (Himachal Pradesh to northeastern India excluding Manipur); Coladenia indrani uposathra Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Manipur, Myanmar and Thailand, Japan) (Evans 1949; Pinratana 1985; Varshney & Smetacek 2016). Coladenia indrani uposathra Fruhstorfer, 1911 is a Image 2. Photographic record of Coladeina indrani uposathra medium-sized butterfly (Images 1 & 2) with a 28–34 Fruhstrofer, 1911 (UN) from Keibul Lamjao National Park, Bishenpur mm wingspan and reddish-brown above with sub-apical District hyaline spots in spaces 6–8. A discal patch of hyaline spots in and above the cell of forewing and also in spaces 2 and District, Meghalaya during April 2016 which are two new 3 (Ek-Amnuay 2006). Its wet season form is rather more locality reports of this species in northeastern India (Saji ochreous than the dry season form (a very much brighter et al. 2016). The butterfly is very active and a rapid flier orange yellow). Its upper forewing is with complete and when disturbed. It prefers shaded areas, thus found mostly conspicuous sub-marginal yellow spots while in ssp. hiding on the underside of a leaf. This subspecies was indrani, its upper hindwing is bright tawny (Evans 1949). reported previously from Irang River (~24032’47.044”N & In this note, we report the sighting of Coladenia indrani 93016’6.873”E) at Tamenglong District (Fig. 1) and Sebong uposathra Fruhstorfer, 1911. On 04 May 2014, the first (~24029’8.44N & 94020’10.94”E) (Fig. 1) at Chandel District author found the butterfly feeding on bird dropping (Images of Manipur during February and April (Tytler 1915). Hence 1 & 2) at the side of a jeep track from Keibul Lamjao National this record is not surprising, especially given the lack of Park (24028’20.03”N & 93049’0.08”E) (Fig. 1) at an altitude Lepidoptera surveys in this area. of 787m in Bishenpur District. Later, on 16 May 2014, the butterfly was photographed sitting under the leaves (Image Crenulate Oakblue Apporasa atkinsoni Hewitson, 1869 3) at Heibok Hills (24043’36.768”N
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