Check List 12(4): e19525, doi: 10.15560/12.4.1923
Vagrans egista sinha (Kollar, 1844) (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae): range extension and an addition to the butterfly fauna of Himachal Pradesh, India
expand article infoJagbir Singh Kirti‡, Deepika Mehra‡, Avtar Kaur Sidhu§
‡ Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, India§ Zoological Survey of India, High Altitude Regional Centre (HARC), India

Corresponding author: Deepika Mehra ( deepika.mehra.nymphalidae@gmail.com )

© 2017 Jagbir Kirti, Deepika Mehra, Avtar Sidhu.
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Citation: Mehra D, Kirti J, Sidhu A (2016) Vagrans egista sinha (Kollar, 1844) (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae): range extension and an addition to the butterfly fauna of Himachal Pradesh, India. Check List 12(4): 1923. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1923
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Abstract
This paper reports the first record of Vagrans egista sinha (Kollar, 1844) (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae) from Himachal Pradesh, India, extending its known distribution (Dehradun to Sikkim, Bengal, Orissa, Assam and Burma) by 250 km westward, beyond the Sutlej defile.
Keywords
Northwest Himalaya; Oriental region; Australian region