Indian Sunbeam Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Curetis thetis
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : All types of wildlife habitat
Description : Upperside of male of Indian Sunbeam is orange-red with a brown-black margin and silvery white on its upperside. The forewing of the female are dark brownish black with a white centre and similar to the male on their underside.
Distribution in Bangladesh
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(Common Tit) -
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Prosotas dubiosa
(Tailless Lineblue) -
Prosotas nora
(Common Lineblue) -
Jamides alecto
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Acytolepis puspa
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References:
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 437–441.photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 437–441.photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.