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First record in 129 years of the Tamil Treebrown Lethe drypetis todara Moore, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from Odisha, India by fruit-baiting

2019; Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society; Volume: 11; Issue: 15 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11609/jott.4485.11.15.15047-15052

0974-7907

Anirban Mahata, Sudheer Kumar Jena, Sharat Kumar Palita,

Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

The first record of a butterfly species, the Tamil Treebrown Lethe drypetis todara Moore, 1881 (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) is described from Deomali Hill range of southern Odisha, in Eastern Ghats of India, collected by fruit-baiting. This is the first record from Odisha almost 129 years after its first report from Khurda in coastal Odisha by Taylor & de Niceville in the year 1888. The ecology and sampling of the species are described in this study.