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June 05, 2021 13:49 IST
India’s field researchers have kept the insect world buzzing with new additions. We speak to some of them about the species they found
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India’s field researchers have kept the insect world buzzing with new additions. We speak to some of them about the species they found
Species name:
Nacaduba Sinhala ramaswamii, a line blue butterfly
Named after: Ramamsamy SRK a farmer based out of Saptur village, located at 45 kilometres from Madurai
“I have completed recording as many as 300 butterfly species in the Western Ghats, only a few are left,” declares Ramamsamy SRK over phone from his farm at Saptur in Madurai. Recently, one of his discoveries, a new sub-species of a six line blue butterfly, earned him a rare honour. Named