{"id":8944,"date":"2020-07-11T18:47:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T13:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=8944"},"modified":"2020-07-11T18:47:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T13:17:08","slug":"golden-birdwing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/golden-birdwing\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden birdwing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Relevance: Prelims: Environment: Biodiversity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2022 Recently, a Himalayan butterfly known as Golden Birdwing (Troides aeacus) has been discovered as India\u2019s largest butterfly after 88 years.<\/p>\n

\u2022 It has replaced an unknown specimen which a british army officer Brigadier Evans had recorded in 1932.<\/p>\n

Key highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 The female was recorded from Didihat in Uttarakhand, the male was from the Wankhar Butterfly Museum in Shillong, Meghalaya.<\/p>\n

\u2022 With a wingspan of 194 mm, the female of the species is marginally larger than the Southern Birdwing (190 mm).<\/p>\n

\u2022 Earlier, the largest Indian butterfly that was recorded in 1932 was an individual of the Southern Birdwing (Troides minos), which was then treated as a subspecies of the Common Birdwing (Troides helena).<\/p>\n

\u2022 However, the specimen that Evans measured was unknown and no other butterfly measured as much as the 190 mm that he recorded.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The male Golden Birdwing is much smaller at 106 mm.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The only measurement used in the study of Lepidoptera is wingspan in which butterflies are measured from the wing base to the tip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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