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...Users can explore the list of curated and peer-reviewed species pages.
...Adapted from Butterflies and Moths of Pakke Tiger Reserve by Sanjay Sondhi and Krushnamegh Kunte
Content will be added soon, watch this space!
...Moth Associations: Associations of moths with other organisms.
Larval Hosts of Indian Moths: Moth-larval host plant associations.
Plant-Moth Associations: A reverse larval host plant-moth associations list.
...Attatha ino differs from Attatha regalis vide Hampson as under:
-oblique band of the forewing being quadrate from costa to median nevure in Attatha ino, where its outer edge is angled.
-apical triangular patch is wider in Attatha regalis so as to extend close to the post-medial and the margin. The opposite is mentioned in Hampson.
We are surveying moths of the super-biodiverse Siang river basin in Arunachal Pradesh. More than 500 moth species have currently been identified. At least an equal number of moth species are in the progress of being identified. The biodiversity assessment covers butterflies, moths, cicadas and odonates. Birds, too, are being surveyed, when the opportunity presents itself.
...Emperor or Silk moths are large beautiful moths, which include the largest moth in the world (by wing area)-the Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas).
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The following species are missing their pages on the new website. These pages need to be created and data imported:
The following species pages are missing all data (no images imported):
...Welcome to our new contributors! With the new contributors joining, our membership has grown to over 400 contributors. This includes moth-watchers from virtually every region of India. We would like to see this membership grow a lot more in coming years.
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...Metallolophia taleensis Sondhi, Nath, Sondhi & Kunte 2020 is a new moth species described from Tale WLS, Arunachal Pradesh.
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We have prepared identification keys for groups of species or genera that look similar to each other. The keys are a set of photographs on which key characters are either marked and described, or the images are simply juxtaposed in such a manner that the interspecific differences are obvious even to a beginner.
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...Listed below are some of the prominent butterfly parks and butterfly conservatories in India:
Butterfly Conservatories of West Bengal
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