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A team of wildlife researchers has rediscovered ‘Ypthima watsoni’ butterfly commonly known as ‘Looped three-ring’ after 61 years near a village called Phuldungsei in Jampui Hills under the North Tripura district.
The species was discovered by the head of the department of Lepidoptera conservation & research division of Wild Tripura Foundation, Suman Bhowmik along with Sandip Malakar and Atanu Bora.
Looped Three-ring Ypthima watsoni, 1893 belonging to subfamily Styrene and family Nymphalidae of insect order.
Lepidoptera has not been recorded for approximately 61 years since its last record from India.
The species was last seen in the year 1958 in Manipur.
The research paper has been published at the Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies.
Source: AIR