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A second report on butterflies (Lepidoptera) from Ladakh Union Territory and Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, India

Sanjay Sondhi, Balakrishnan Valappil & Vidya Venkatesh

26 May 2020 | Vol. 12 | No. 8 | Pages: 15817–15827 DOI: 10.11609/jot.5606.12.8.15817-15827

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Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2020 | 12(8): 15817–15827 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) PLATINUM OPEN ACCESS DOI: htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.5606.12.8.15817-15827

#5606 | Received 08 December 2019 | Final received 07 May 2020 | Finally accepted 11 May 2020

C o m A second report on buterfies (Lepidoptera) from Ladakh Union Territory m u n and Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, India i c 1 2 3 a Sanjay Sondhi , Balakrishnan Valappil & Vidya Venkatesh t i 1 Titli Trust, 49 Rajpur Road Enclave, Dhoran Khas, near IT Park, P.O. Gujrada, Dehradun, Utarakhand 248001, India. o 2 Nest, Kizhuparamba P.O., Malappuram District, Kerala 673639, India. n 3 5, Rajnigandha, Goraswadi, Malad (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400064, India. 1 Indian Foundaton for Buterfies, C-703, Alpine Pyramid, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560097, India. 1 [email protected] (corresponding author), 2 [email protected], 3 [email protected]

Abstract: Additonal buterfy records and natural history observatons are reported from a two-week survey of buterfies in Ladakh and Lahaul in the inner Himalaya in Ladakh Union Territory, and Himachal Pradesh in August 2018. These records follow an earlier report from a two-week survey in June–July 2016, and reports 10 species not sighted during the previous survey. Observatons on early stages of Pieris deota, Aglais ladakensis, and Papilio machaon ladakensis are reported, as well as a mass emergence of Parnassius epaphus.

Keywords: Himalayas, Lepidoptera, mass emergence, palearctc.

Editor: Jatshwor Irungbam, Biology Centre CAS, Insttute of Entomology, České Budějovice. Date of publicaton: 26 May 2020 (online & print)

Citaton: Sondhi, S., B. Valappil & V. Venkatesh (2020). A second report on buterfies (Lepidoptera) from Ladakh Union Territory and Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(8): 15817–15827. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.5606.12.8.15817-15827