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Indian Tortoiseshell

Aglais caschmirensis

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

This brilliantly coloured butterfly was quite common in the fields and gardens of a rural Himalayan village I passed through in Sikkim.

Habitat:

Nectaring on flowers at the edge of a rural village in the high Himalayas

Reference Links:

http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/791/Aglais-caschmirensis

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PublishedApril 25, 2017

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