{"id":42,"date":"2017-03-22T19:07:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2022-06-18T08:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T03:23:02","slug":"butterflies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/?page_id=42","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies of Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vincent Kollar<\/b>, a famous nineteenth-century entomologist, published the first monograph on the Butterflies of Kashmir<\/a><\/b>* in 1840<\/b>. Over the years I have photographed<\/a> most of these butterflies along with other not-so-common species across the valley.<\/p>\n

Further lists compiled by British army officers in the late nineteenth century compared with recent studies (and my own photographs<\/a>) reveal the 20<\/b> butterfly species most commonly found in the Kashmir valley (in alphabetical order):
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\n1.\tThe Bath White (Pontia daplidice)
\n2.\tThe Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya)
\n3.\tThe Common Beak (Libythea lepita)
\n4.\tThe Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
\n5.\tThe Common Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
\n6.\tThe Common Yellow Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
\n7.\tThe Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas missipus)
\n8.\tThe Dark Clouded Yellow (Colias fieldii electo\/crocea)
\n9.\tThe Himalayan Cabbage White (Pieris canidia)
\n10.\tThe Himalayan Silverstripe (Argynnis childreni)
\n11.\tThe Indian Fritillary (Argyreus hyperbius)
\n12.\tThe Indian Red Admiral (Vanessa indica)
\n13.\tThe Indian Tortoiseshell (Vanessa cashmirensis)
\n14.\tThe Large Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)
\n15.\tThe Narrow-Banded Satyr (Aulocera brahminus)
\n16.\tThe Painted Lady (Vanessa\/Cynthia cardui)
\n17.\tThe Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias erate\/hyale)
\n18.\tThe Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus)
\n19.\tThe Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
\n20.\tThe Himalayan Queen Fritillary (Issoria issaea)
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BUTTERFLIES [LEPIDOPTERA]<\/b><\/p>\n

1. The Bath White<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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2. The Blue Pansy<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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3. The Common Beak<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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4. The Common Brimstone<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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5. The Common Copper<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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6. The Common Yellow Swallowtail<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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7. The Danaid Eggfly<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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8. The Dark Clouded Yellow<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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9. The Himalayan Cabbage White<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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10. The Indian Fritillary<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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11. The Indian Red Admiral<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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12. The Indian (Himalayan) Tortoiseshell<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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13. The Large Cabbage White<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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14. The Himalayan Silverstripe<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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15. The Narrow-banded Satyr<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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16. The Painted Lady<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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The Painted Lady is the most widespread butterfly in the world and routinely migrates thousands of kilometres every year especially in the palearctic<\/a> zone to which Kashmir belongs.<\/i><\/p>\n

17. The Pale Clouded Yellow<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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18. The Pea Blue<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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19. The Plain Tiger<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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20. The Himalayan Queen Fritillary<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n

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Click here<\/a> for more butterflies of Kashmir<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Corrections and suggestions are welcome.<\/p>\n

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*Upon being jilted by his fiancee, Charles von H\u00fcgel<\/b>, an Austrian nobleman, decided to embark upon an exploratory grand tour of Asia. His experiences are recorded in a four-volume work : Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek<\/a><\/b>. The second volume described Kashmir’s history, geography and resources; and in 1848<\/b>, the Royal Geographical Society<\/b> awarded von H\u00fcgel its Patron’s Medal, “for his enterprising exploration of Cashmere<\/i>.”<\/p>\n

On his return, von H\u00fcgel handed over his extensive collection of natural specimens to the foremost specialists of his day. The celebrated Munich zoologist, Andreas Johann Wagner, described the ‘Mammals of Cashmere<\/strong>‘ from these specimens while Vincent Kollar, a famous entomologist published a the first monograph on the ‘Butterflies of Kashmir<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n

[The Common Yellow Swallowtail image is reproduced courtesy of Wikipedia. All other images \u00a9 Dr. Bakshi Jehangir. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is not permitted.<\/em>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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