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A male Leopard Lacewing visiting flowers

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"Leopard Lacewing" A male leopard lacewing  Habited:  Cethosia cyane, the leopard lacewing , is a species of heliconiine butterfly found from India to southern China (southern Yunnan ), and Indochina . Its range has expanded in the last few decades, and its arrival in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, including Singapore , is relatively recent. SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION  :  Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Cethosia Species: C. cyane Binomial name Cethosia cyane ( Drury , 1773) DESCRIPTION:  Male : Upperside tawny, in fresh specimens a rich reddish tawny. Forewing : anterior and apical two-thirds black, the margin of this colour waved and irregular, following a line dividing the cell longitudinally and circling round to near the posterior angle; a short, broad, oblique, white bar beyond apex of cell, the veins crossing it and a spot in interspaces 3 ...

Common Indian Crow

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"Common Indian Crow" FAMILY: Brush-footed butterflies. WINGSPAN: 80-90mm. DESCRIPTION: Dark velvety brown on up and poler on UN, with wings bordered with small white spots,lager and elongated spots on HW,white spot in UNF cell. HABITAT: India,Southern Pakistan, SrI Lanka , Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar. INTERESTING FACT: The male often seen marking their territory by dispersing pheromones through the yellow tufts that protrudes from their abdomen. (Note: All this description was copied from "Indian butterfly App" Only Photographs are mine)

Red Vented Bulbul - ফেচুলুকা

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"Red Vented Bulbul" Assamese name: ফেচুলুকা Food: Insects, Fruit Habitat: Woodland, Town Nesting Period: February to May