A group of lepidopterists have found a new butterfly species in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The discovery of the species Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii Sadasivan, 2021 in the Agasthyamalais in the Western Ghats a decade ago has now found place in the Journal of Threatened Taxa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new taxon of Lycaenid butterflies belongs to the Nacaduba genus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Line Blues are small butterflies belonging to the subfamily Lycaenidae and their distribution ranges from India and Sri Lanka to the whole of south-eastern Asia, Australia and Samoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the first time that a butterfly species was discovered by an all-Indian research team from the Western Ghats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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