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The Indian elephant is a protected species under Schedule I of the Indian Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. [33] Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests of Government of India to provide financial and technical support of wildlife management efforts by the states.
The head, thorax and abdomen are velvety brown, and the head and thorax speckled with bluish white. [ 3 ] In the kollari race the upperside is very dark olive brown, paling to lighter brown towards the termen; both wings have a complete or nearly complete series of subterminal and terminal white spots, the former larger than the latter, in the ...
Kallima paralekta, the Indian leafwing or Malayan leafwing, is a species of brush-footed butterfly of the genus Kallima. Despite its common names, it is not found in India or Malaysia, but is endemic to Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. Like other members of its genus, it is remarkable for its strong resemblance to a dead leaf when its wings are ...
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Kallima inachus, the orange oakleaf, Indian oakleaf or dead leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Tropical Asia from India to Japan. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark veins and is a commonly cited example of camouflage .
The following is a list of the butterflies of India.. India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, islands and continental areas, widely varying flora, and sharply marked seasons. [1]
Upperside brownish black; a broad white, inwardly oblique, discal band from vein 3 of the forewing to vein 1 of the hindwing, this band bordered broadly on both sides by brilliant iridescent blue and meeting anteriorly 3 white outwardly oblique spots in interspaces 3, 4, 5 of forewing.
Large, tailless, black butterflies with blue and white markings, which occur along the low elevation forests of the Himalayas, the Western Ghats and some peninsular Indian forests. Despite the name, only the great Mormon is polymorphic. Great Mormon, Papilio memnon Linnaeus, 1758; Blue Mormon, Papilio polymnestor Cramer, [1775]