Ludlow's Bhutan Glory was discovered from India!!

Ludlow's Bhutan Glory(Bhutanitis ludlowi) was discovered from India!!

▲ A male of Bhutanitis ludlowi visiting a flower

(Trashiyangtse, E. Bhutan, Aug. 2011)  Photo by WATANABE Yasuyuki



 

A great news has just arrived from India!

 

   Ludlow's Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis ludlowi) was discovered from Arunachal Pradesh, India. This magnificent swallowtail was re-discovered after almost 80-year absence in 2009. This species was thought to be endemic to small area of eastern Bhutan. In 2011, our society has a joint research with Bhutanese government and unveiled its biology.

 

   The observation and finding in our survey was described in our journal, Butterflies No.60.

 

    see  http://bsj-t.blogspot.jp/2012/06/our-journal-butterflies-teinopalpus.html

 

   The new discovery from India expands the distribution of this swallowtail. 

 

   Details are available from the following link.

 

   see  http://ifoundbutterflies.org/54-bhutanitis/bhutanitis-ludlowi